The Centre Symphony Orchestra (CSO), founded in 1960 and celebrating over 60 years of service to New Yorkers, is one of the City’s oldest and most esteemed community-based orchestras. The Centre Symphony Orchestra is open to music amateurs and music students, as well as semi-professional and professional players, who rehearse weekly on Tuesday nights from October through May, and prepare and present three concerts per year in St. Peter’s Church.
Associate Conductor Scott Jackson Wiley will lead the CSO on Thursday, March 5th at 8:00 p.m. at Saint Peter’s Church for our second concert of the season.
We will enjoy an evening of Beethoven, beginning with the Coriolanus Overture. This will be followed by Beethoven's Violin Concerto in D Major, featuring guest soloist Wen Qian.
Following the interval, the concert will conclude with his 7th Symphony in A Major.
Please join us Thursday, May 7, 2020, at 8:00 p.m. for an evening of great music as we conclude the performance season at Saint Peter’s Church, led by music director, José Alejandro Guzmán.
The concert will open with Mozart's Sinfonia concertante, K. 364 with returning soloist Christine Kwak on violin, and Byung-Kook Kwak on viola.
After the pause, we will conclude with Symphony in E major "Irish" by Sir Arthur Sullivan (of Gilbert and Sullivan fame).