MW6 Saturday, April 18, 2009
8:00PM Thomas Wolfe Auditorium

David Stock
Percussion Concerto

     Lisa Pegher, percussion
                  
Ludwig van Beethoven
Symphony No. 9 in D minor

     Asheville Symphony Chorus

     Brevard College Chorus

April's concert begins with an intriguing and vibrant new concerto by American David Stock and features a rising star in the percussion world, Lisa Pegher.  Pegher's virtuosity will dazzle you in music filled with infectious dance rhythms and the color of a full battery of percussion.  As music's "shot heard around the world," Beethoven’s epic Ninth Symphony represents a bold new direction in symphonic music.  A colossal symphonic essay on the struggle and victory of joy through brotherhood, Beethoven’s Ninth depicts the romantic notion of man’s grappling with fate.  The Asheville Symphony Chorus and a vocal quartet will join in this amazing final symphony by one of music’s giants.