Orpheus Chamber Orchestra with Garrick Ohlsson

Orpheus Chamber Orchestra‘s innovative approach to classical music meets pianist Garrick Ohlsson‘s masterful technique in Generations, a program of works by Mozart, Brahms, and American composer and six-time Grammy winner Billy Childs, who infuses classical traditions with his jazz roots in his music.

BILLY CHILDS / “Each Moment Is a New Discovery”
Commissioned by Orpheus & The Saint Paul Chamber Orchestra

MOZART / Piano Concerto No. 9 in E-flat Major K. 271, Jeunehomme
Garrick Ohlsson, piano

BRAHMS / Variations and Fugue on a Theme by Handel, Op. 24

Pre Concert Talk
Join us at 6:45pm for a pre-concert Artist Talk with Alexander Scheirle, Orpheus Chamber Orchestra Executive Director, and Abi Fayette, Orpheus Chamber Orchestra Artistic Director. Free with your ticket.

About the Artists

NYC-based Orpheus Chamber Orchestra is a radical experiment in musical democracy, proving for fifty years what happens when exceptional artists gather with total trust in each other and faith in the creative process. The orchestra’s mission is to create extraordinary musical experiences that enrich lives and empower individuals through collaboration, innovation, and a passion for artistic excellence. Learn more about Orpheus Chamber Orchestra

A native of White Plains, N.Y., Garrick Ohlsson began his piano studies at the age of 8, at the Westchester Conservatory of Music. Ever since, starting with his triumph as winner of the 1970 Chopin International Piano Competition, Ohlsson has established himself worldwide as a musician of magisterial interpretive and technical prowess. Learn more about Garrick Ohlsson

Billy Childs has emerged as one of the foremost American composers of his era, perhaps the most distinctly American composer since Aaron Copland – for like Copland, he has successfully married the musical products of his heritage with the Western neoclassical traditions of the twentieth century in a powerful symbiosis of style, range, and dynamism. Learn more about Billy Childs