Philharmonic concert\nThe Jacobs School of Music Orchestra Series will continue this Wednesday night when the IU Philharmonic Orchestra presents a Russian repertoire.\nFirst on the program is Sergei Rachmaninoff's fourth piano concerto, followed by Igor Stravinksy's "The Rite of Spring."\n"The Rachmaninoff concerto is a very interesting piece," said conductor David Effron. "It is hardly ever performed (in the United States) and is very difficult to put together."\n"The Rite of Spring," which premiered as a ballet in 1913, has become legendary for the riotous reaction it provoked and also presents a great deal of difficulty, said Effron.\n"But I'm really pleased with the orchestra," he said. "They're doing a terrific job."\nThe Rachmaninoff piece will feature student pianist Adam Piotr Zukiewicz, winner of the school's piano concerto competition.\nThe concert begins at 8 p.m. Wednesday at the Musical Arts Center and is free to the public.
Solo piano recital\nThursday night will see the return of piano professor Jean-Louis Haguenauer to the Auer Hall stage for his first solo recital in several years.\n"I've been playing chamber music a lot, so I decided to catch up on solo repertoire. I forced myself into it," said Haguenauer.\nHaguenauer will perform a wide range of works by composers as varied as baroque master J.S. Bach, twentieth-century serialist Arnold Schoenberg, and French Impressionist/Symbolist Claude Debussy.\n"(The program) is a little like an art gallery," he said. "You put things that might go together, even if only I see how."\nHaguenauer's recital is at 8 p.m. Thursday in Auer Hall and is also free to the public.
