Michael Torke — An Italian Straw Hat Suite
Camille Saint-Saëns —Concerto for Violin and Cello No. 1, op. 33, A-minor
featuring Julie Albers, Cello
Edward Elgar — Enigma Variations

Christopher Confessore is the current Resident Conductor of the Alabama Symphony Orchestra and Music Director and Principal Conductor of the Brevard Symphony Orchestra. The concert on November 16th and 18th will also feature prominent cellist Julie Albers. Born to a musical family, Ms. Albers began violin studies at the age of two with her mother, switching to cello at four. She moved to Cleveland during her junior year of high school to pursue studies through the Young Artist Program at the Cleveland Institute of Music. Ms. Albers soon was awarded the Grand Prize at the XIII International Competition for Young Musicians, and as a result toured France as a soloist. She will be performing Camille Saint-Saëns’ Concerto for Violin and Cello No. 1. Also, on the program is Michael Torke’s rhythmic and effervescent An Italian Straw Hat from his ballet of the same name. The orchestra will be performing Edward Elgar’s Enigma Variations, which is a set of a theme and its 14 variations. It is Elgar's best-known large-scale composition, for both the music itself and the enigmas behind it.

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