FWSO Symphonic Series at Bass Hall

The second symphonic production of the year was recently performed at beautiful Bass Hall in downtown Fort Worth.

Bass Hall


Fort Worth Symphony

The Travelling Toe and 2 Dear Friends attended the Sunday matinee performance.

The program was led by guest conductor, Christoph Konig.

Christoph Konig
guest conductor

The first selection was Symphony No 7 in C Major composed by Jean Sibelius.  The program notes that this was the last symphony that Sibelius wrote.

Jean Sibelius
1845-1957

Following the first work, a brief pause was taken in order to re-arrange the orchestra chairs and roll the grand piano out on to the stage.

Inon Barnatan
featured pianist 

Guest soloist Inon Barnatan sat at the beautiful piano and played an interesting piece composed by Bela Bartok.  It was Concerto No.3 for Piano and Orchestra.  Bartok finished the piece in 1945 while living in New York City.  He and his wife had left their homeland  of Hungry in 1940 escaping the Nazis.  

Bela Bartok
1881-1945

Following a 20 minute intermission, Maestro Konig once again led the orchestra in the final selection of the program.  The featured symphony was by Johannes Brahms, Symphony No. 1 in C Minor. 

Johannes Brahms
1883-1897

What a glorious number with which end the concert.