The Westmoreland Symphony Orchestra (WSO) presents Maxim Returns, the season finale of its Front Row Season on Saturday, May 1, at the Palace Theatre in Greensburg, beginning at 7:30 p.m. The digital concert will be live streamed and features Chopinâs Piano Concerto No. 1, Cindy McTeeâs Adagio and EfraÃn Amayaâs Angelica.
âWe are thrilled to welcome back audience favorite Maxim Lando to perform one of the most poetic and romantic piano concertos to emerge in the era, Chopinâs E minor concerto. We particularly love Maximâs innate musicianship and his facile virtuosity at the keyboard. He also brings a freshness and youthful enthusiasm to everything he plays, and in this early work of Chopin, these qualities will be on full display, said Daniel Meyer, artistic director. âWe will pair this concerto with two works written by contemporary North American composers. Amayaâs Angelica is filled with a rhythmic vitality and melodic invention that owes a debt to his home country, Venezuela. In stark contrast, Cindy McTeeâs Adagio is a heartfelt tribute to the sorrow and tragedy felt after the attacks of Sept. 11, 2001.â