Nova with Michael Tsalka

Internationally acclaimed and award-winning pianist, Dr. Michael Tsalka joins Marlborough Civic Orchestra (MCO) to world-premiere a piano concerto dedicated to him by Saint-Petersburg composer Sergey Evtushenko. In the rest of this family-friendly concert, MCO will perform a diverse programme of well-known classical music, such as the finale of Dvorak’s New World Symphony and Grieg’s Peer Gynt Suite.

“Tsalka is evidently a true, brilliant musician…” - Clavichord International, Amsterdam

Programme:
- Brahms: Tragic Overture
- Sergey Evtushenko: Piano Concerto No.1 (World Premier; strings only)
- Jean Sibelius: Finlandia
- Edvard Grieg: Peer Gynt Suite no.1
- Antonín Dvorak: Symphony No.9 “From the New World” – IV. Allegro con fuoco

Dr. Michael Tsalka – Solo Piano
Elgee Leung - Conductor