BSO – Masterworks IV – Orchestra Unleashed

Join us for the orchestral showcase of the season! Bartók’s most popular orchestral work,
the Concerto for Orchestra, shines a light on our own amazingly talented orchestral
musicians. The Festive Overture of Shostakovich is a virtuosic showcase, and the
Gayane: Three Pieces by Khachaturian will showcase the BSO with members of the
BSYO side-by-side together in one of the most exciting and popular works written for
orchestra. In a joint consortium with other orchestras and led by the Dallas Symphony
Orchestra through the Virginia B. Toulmin Foundation Orchestral Commissions Program,
Moni (Jasmine) Guo will be in residence in Bangor for the weekend, and her new work
for orchestra will be receiving its Maine premiere with this performance.

Program
Festive Overture | Dmitri Shostakovich
the sound of where i came from ??  | Moni (Jasmine) Guo
Gayane: Three Pieces | Aram Khachaturian
Side by Side with members of the Bangor Symphony Youth Orchestras
Concerto for Orchestra | Béla Bartók

About the Guest Composer:
Moni (Jasmine) Guo (b. 1993) is a classical pianist, contemporary concert composer,
and film composer from Taiyuan, Shanxi, China. She has appeared as both a performer
and composer in Asia, Europe, South America, Canada, and the United States. Known for
her passion to use music to encourage and comfort people, she also hopes to use her work
to bridge Western and Eastern culture. Her concert compositions have been performed by
acclaimed soloists and ensembles worldwide, including Michael Kannen, Bella Hristova,
David Kaplan, Jihye Chang, Stefano Greco, IIIZ+, Deviant Septet, The Shepherd School
Symphony Orchestra, The CIM Symphony Orchestra, the Lexington Philharmonic, and
the Dallas Symphony Orchestra. For more information, visit Moni (Jasmine) Guo.
the sound of where i came from ?? was commissioned by the Virginia B. Toulmin
Foundation Orchestral Commissions Program, an initiative of the League of American
Orchestras in partnership with the American Composers Orchestra.