Space Coast Symphony ends Season with drama, promise of more to come
Space Coast Symphony ends Season with drama, promise of more to come
Crowd of 1500 wowed by Strauss’ Death and Transfiguration March 19th
The Space Coast Symphony Orchestra did it again, bringing the audience to emotional heights with the close of their 2010/11 regular Season. “The Drama in Music” concert on March 19th at the First Baptist Church in Merritt Island was one of the young symphony’s largest, opening with Mussorgsky’s scary-powerful Night on a Bald Mountain. Familiar with the beginning, I was struck by the gentle ending of the piece, which describes the coming of pure dawn after an unholy witches’ Sabbath. Death and Transfiguration by Richard Strauss was expertly played and had the crowd shaking their head with amazement before the half. After intermission, orchestra members crowned Aaron Collins with a wreath of laurel leaves and thanked him for getting the Symphony to their 2nd season milestone. Trombonist Cathryn Leasure noted that attending in ever larger numbers are parents with children; the SCSO policy of “18 and under free” is allowing entire families to experience an evening of culture for little more than the price of a fast food meal for two.
Fans of the Space Coast Symphony will be glad to know that they will again embark on a Summer Series of concerts for Brevard, the only known symphony in the southeastern U.S. to perform year-round. Also announced was a partnership with the community of Suntree, to provide free entertainment for the new Suntree Sunday Concerts in the Park. More information about the summer series or the Concerts in the Park is available at www.SpaceCoastSymphony.org or by calling (321) 536-8580.
