Pianist Michelle Cann + Symphonie Fantastique

Audiences raved about pianist Michelle Cann’s Festival debut in 2023; now Cann returns to Chautauqua to perform a piano concerto by esteemed composer Valerie Coleman. After intermission, Berlioz invites us on a psychedelic romp: his Symphonie Fantastique is a musical hallucination that evokes dark revels, an execution, and a visit to the underworld.

Artists:
Peter Oundjian, conductor
Michelle Cann, piano
Valerie Coleman, composer
Ezra Calvino, assistant conductor

Program:
Giuseppe Verdi, La forza del destino Overture
Valerie Coleman, Piano Concerto (co-commission)
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Hector Berlioz, Symphonie fantastique

Ezra Calvino will conduct Verdi’s La forza del destino Overture