Fire & Folklore

$20 senior and $15 student tickets are available. Call the box office at 212 501 3330. Pegasus: The Orchestra continues its 10th Anniversary Season with bold new music, sweeping Romanticism, incisive wit, and vibrant folk-inspired energy. Led by Founder, Artistic Director, and Principal Conductor Karén Hakobyan, the evening features internationally acclaimed pianist, composer, and arranger Vyacheslav Gryaznov. The concert opens with the winning composition from Pegasus’s Second International Call for Works, continuing the orchestra’s commitment to discovering and championing compelling new composers. Gryaznov then joins Pegasus for Rachmaninoff’s passionate and brilliantly virtuosic Piano Concerto No. 1, bringing his remarkable clarity, color, and orchestral imagination to the work. After intermission, Shostakovich’s volatile Ninth Symphony moves from sparkling wit and biting irony to haunting reflection, culminating in an explosive, irreverent finale. Kodály’s Dances of Galánta brings the evening to an exhilarating close, transforming Hungarian folk melodies into a richly colored orchestral showpiece filled with lyricism, rhythmic vitality, and irresistible momentum. “Gryaznov displayed exemplary control of different voices, almost as if playing the piano as an entire symphonic orchestra.” — San Francisco Classical Voice “Karén Hakobyan’s Brahms Fourth with Pegasus: The Orchestra is a shattering experience not to be missed.” — Fanfare Magazine “Pegasus is a truly first-rate ensemble.” — New York Concert Review www.pegasustheorchestra.org www.gryaznoff.com Vyacheslav Gryaznov, piano Karén Hakobyan, conductor Pegasus: The Orchestra PEGASUS SECOND INTERNATIONAL CALL FOR WORKS – Winning Composition RACHMANINOFF – Piano Concerto No. 1 in F-sharp Minor, Op. 1 Intermission SHOSTAKOVICH – Symphony No. 9 in E-flat Major, Op. 70 KODÁLY – Dances of Galánta