The Port Townsend Symphony Orchestra is back, this time with a regional bassoon player providing unique, double-reed accompaniment to the local orchestra.
Bassoonist Ian Schneiderman is headed to …
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The Port Townsend Symphony Orchestra is back, this time with a regional bassoon player providing unique, double-reed accompaniment to the local orchestra.
Bassoonist Ian Schneiderman is headed to the Quimper Peninsula for the performance, and his premier playing will be highlighted during “Concerto for Bassoon and Orchestra” by Wolfgang Mozart.
The event is set for 7 p.m. Sunday, April 30 at the Chimacum Junior/Senior High School Auditorium on West Valley Road.
The concert is free to attend, although donations are appreciated.
The Port Townsend Symphony Orchestra will also hold an open dress rehearsal at 7 p.m. on Friday, April 28 at the Chimacum auditorium.
The symphony orchestra, accompanied by Schneiderman, will perform “Symphony No. 8” by Antonin Dvorak as well as Mozart’s “Concerto for Bassoon.”
Of the many bassoon concerti written by Mozart — up to 27 by one count — only one remains. This concerto in B-flat major is one of the more popular in the bassoon repertoire and is required in many bassoon auditions. With three movements, Mozart reused a theme from the second movement in the opera, “The Marriage of Figaro.”
For “Symphony No. 8” by Dvorak, it was written as a thank-you in response to his election into the Bohemian Academy of Science, Literature, and Arts. While Dvorak never copied another melody, he did include ideas from the folk music of Bohemia throughout this piece.
The concert will feature Schneiderman performing Mozart’s bassoon concerto.
Born and raised in Seattle, Schneiderman performs a diverse array of solo, chamber, and orchestral music. In the Pacific Northwest, he has played with the Seattle Symphony, Seattle Opera, Pacific Northwest Ballet, Seattle Metropolitan Chamber Orchestra, and the Tacoma City Ballet. A dedicated teacher, Schneiderman has coached young bassoonists of the Seattle Youth Symphony, Cascade Youth Symphony, and the Marrowstone Music Festival.
The symphony orchestra is led by award-winning conductor and educator Tigran Arakelyan.
Beyond his post with the Port Townsend group, Arakelyan is also the music director of the Northwest Mahler Festival and assistant conductor of the California Philharmonic Orchestra, among other roles.
For more information about the symphony orchestra and its upcoming concert, visit ptsymphony.org.
