May 14th, 2018 – “One of the most successful works on the afternoon’s program was a performance of Samuel Barber’s Overture to “The School for Scandal.” This difficult score was brilliantly rendered with dazzling performances by the strings, winds, brass and percussion sections. Also outstanding was a performance of “Romance” (from musical illustrations “Snowstorm) by Georgy Vasilyevich Sviridov, a work that the YMMC Honors Orchestra had premiered five years previously. It had a lovely beginning with a plaintive melody for violin and piano, later joined in by woodwinds and finally the full orchestra. It was so beautiful we didn’t want it to end. The program ended with a rousing performance of the Polonaise from Tchaikovsky’s “Eugene Onegin.”

It was a satisfying and heartwarming concert. We felt full of pride for our young musicians and for our good fortune to have such an inspiring young conductor as Maestro Farkhad Khudyev. Amen!”

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