Violinist Jim Stark will be the soloist and Joel Lish will conduct the Palisades Symphony Strings in a free concert on Sunday, February 7 at 7:30 p.m. at Palisades High School’s Mercer Hall. The program will include the Brandenburg Concerto No. 2 in F Major and the Violin Concerto in E Major, both by Johann Sebastian Bach; the Serenade for Strings by Elgar; and the Adagietto from Symphony No. 5 by Gustav Mahler. Stark is concertmaster of the La Mirada Symphony and has been a member of the Los Angeles Opera Orchestra for the past 14 years. After the intermission, Cary Belling will conduct the Palisades Symphony Wind Ensemble in two of his own compositions: The Tortoise and the Hare for Flute and Tuba, performed by Kaiko Okamoto, flute and Michael Margulies, tuba, and Acrobatic Overture for Winds. The musicians will also perform Simple Gifts, four Shaker songs by Frank Ticheli. Belling has been active in the Southern California area as a composer, orchestrator, arranger and violinist for the past 25 years. His commissions have been performed by numerous orchestras, including the Pasadena Community Orchestra, the Palisades Symphony and the Musica da Camera at Cal State Bakersfield. He also composes for feature films as well as for theatrical, educational and experimental works. Symphony contact: 310-454-8040.
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