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Champaign-Urbana Symphony: Fanfares Finale-- Saluting Paul Vermel at 100
Saturday, April 20, 2024, 7:30 PM CDT
Category: Central Illinois Member Events

FANFARES FINALE—SALUTING PAUL VERMEL AT 100
Saturday, April 20, 2024 | 7:30 p.m.

 

in Foellinger Great Hall, Krannert Center for the Performing Arts

 

 

BRAHMS: Variations on a Theme by Haydn, Op. 56a
PUCCINI: Crisantemi
ARUTIUNIAN: Concerto for Trumpet and Orchestra
EVERSON: Festival Fanfare (World Premiere)
HINDEMITH: Symphonic Metamorphosis of Themes by Carl Maria von Weber

 John Hagstrom, trumpet

We conclude our season with a salute to the one hundredth birthday of former CUSO Music Director Paul Vermel, including music such as Brahms’ elegant Variations on a Theme by Haydn that Maestro Vermel conducted with the orchestra. John Hagstrom, long-time member of the Chicago Symphony Orchestra trumpet section, will dazzle you in the tuneful and energetic Trumpet Concerto by Alexander Arutiunian. Paul Hindemith’s brilliant Symphonic Metamorphosis is a tour de force for the symphony orchestra and will bring our season to a rousing conclusion!
TICKETS ON SALE NOVEMBER 15!

$40 standard/$36 senior/$10 youth, student of any age

Tickets may be ordered beginning November 15 and must be purchased from Krannert Center online. To order tickets, go to Krannert Center’s website.