“The Fargo-Moorhead Symphony Orchestra returns for its third concert of the season this weekend, and it’s looking to live up to the program’s title, ‘Small Scale, Big Heart,’ ” writes John Lamb in Thursday’s (1/28) Forum (Fargo, ND). “The concert will be recorded Thursday night, Jan. 28, and posted on the symphony’s website [on] Jan. 31. As with all of the FMSO productions for the past year, only a limited number of musicians can be on stage at one time due to pandemic restrictions. The limitations have been a challenge and presented opportunities for FMSO Music Director Christopher Zimmerman as he now can look at works for smaller ensembles. ‘I have an opportunity to bring in something new,’ he says. He’s cashing in on that opportunity by conducting works by three contemporary composers never performed in an FMSO concert as well as three lesser-known pieces by popular composers.” The program includes Shostakovich’s Concerto No. 1 for Piano, Trumpet, and Strings, Op. 35; Arvo Pärt’s Fratres; George Walker’s Lyric for Strings; Wagner’s Siegfried Idyll; and Petite Prelude and Fugue for Brass Quintet by Minneapolis-based composer Martha Helen Schmidt. “Interviews with Zimmerman and musicians will be interspersed between performances.”
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