
MASTERWORKS 2
Scheherazade
SATURDAY, OCTOBER 22, 2022, 8:00 P.M.
THOMAS WOLFE AUDITORIUM
Darko Butorac, conductor
Adam Golka, piano
From Rimsky-Korsakov comes the lavish Scheherazade, a vibrant musical illustration of sandy dunes stretching across the horizon. Explore the vast, wandering Silk Road and central Asia with Say and Borodin. From De Falla, visit a moonlit oasis with his iconic work for piano and orchestra: Nights in the Gardens of Spain.
Borodin In the Steppes of Central Asia
De Falla Nights in the Gardens of Spain
Say Piano Concerto No. 2 “Silk Road”
Rimsky-Korsakov Scheherazade
EVENT SPONSORS
CONCERT SPONSOR
This project was supported by the North Carolina Arts Council, a division of the Department of Natural and Cultural Resources.
GUEST ARTIST SPONSOR
With “brilliant technique and real emotional depth,” Adam Golka returns to the Asheville Symphony. Polish-American pianist Adam Golka (born 1987) first performed all of Beethoven’s Piano Sonatas when he was 18 years old, and in 2020-2021 Adam Golka performed the cycle of Beethoven’s 32 Sonatas at the Bach Festival Society of Winter Park (Florida) and at Saint Thomas Church Fifth Avenue (NYC).