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Noted musicians featured soloists at BSO concert

ORONO – Guest soloists will join the Bangor Symphony Orchestra at 3 p.m. Sunday, Nov. 7, at the Maine Center for the Arts in Orono. Music director and conductor Xiao-Lu Li will lead the orchestra through the works of Johann Sebastian Bach, Edvard Grieg, Franz Joseph Haydn and Franz Liszt.

Lynn Brubaker, Bangor Symphony concertmaster, and Louis Hall, Bangor Symphony principal oboe, will carry on a musical dialogue with the orchestra during the “Double Concerto” for violin and oboe by Bach.

“Oboists love Bach. How can we not? It is simply exquisite music,” Hall said.

After the Bach concerto, the orchestra will play Grieg’s “Peer Gynt: Suite No. 1,” which brought Grieg his first major success as a composer.

Jens Lindemann, guest soloist, will next treat the audience to Haydn’s “Trumpet Concerto, E-flat major.” Only in his 30s, Lindemann is one of the most celebrated soloists in the trumpet’s history.

He has played in every major concert venue in the world. He has appeared internationally as an orchestral soloist, recorded with the Mormon Tabernacle Choir, and played lead trumpet with the renowned Canadian Brass. He also has been heralded as an official trumpeter for the National Hockey League Stanley Cup finals.

Lindemann has earned recognition ranging from Grammy and Juno nominations to winning the prestigious Echo Klassik in Germany. He also has an honorary doctorate.

He won first prizes in the most important classical trumpet competitions in the world, made numerous television and film appearances, and performed at London’s Last Night of the Proms for more than 40,000 people. In addition to his concert career, Lindemann has performed in football and baseball stadiums in the United States for more than 70,000 fans.

The only Canadian trumpet soloist endorsed internationally by the Yamaha Corp., Lindemann performs exclusively on 24K gold-plated trumpets.

“The trumpet is capable of being played with the virtuosity of a violin, the tenderness of the human voice and the stylistic flexibility of the piano. It allows me an endless range of communication with audiences,” Lindemann said.

The orchestra will conclude with one of Liszt’s best-loved Hungarian rhapsodies, “Hungarian Rhapsody No. 2, D minor.”

Advance tickets cost between $13 and $38 and may be reserved by calling the Bangor Symphony Orchestra box office at 942-5555 or (800) 639-3221. Information is available at bangorsymphony.com.


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