Spring orchestra concert to feature famed Rachmaninoff prelude
The University of Findlay Orchestra will perform works by Mozart, Brahms and more on Sunday, April 26 in Winebrenner Theological Seminary’s TLB Auditorium.
The 3 p.m. concert will be free and open to the public. No tickets will be required.
Featured will be the Overture to Mozart’s opera Marriage of Figaro, Waltz No. 2 from Suite for Variety Stage Orchestra by Shostakovich; and Hungarian Dance No. Four by Johannes Brahms.
A highlight of the performance will be an orchestral arrangement of Rachmaninoff’s well-known Prelude in C-sharp minor combined with the original piano solo, played by Sophia Kentris, a marketing major from Fostoria.
Directed by Thomas Carey, the orchestra will also showcase works by Vivaldi, Pucchini, Brahms and Shostakovich.
The orchestra is in its sixth year, and is comprised of more than fifty students, staff, and community members. The concert is free, open to the public, and no tickets are required.