Arkansas Symphony Orchestra continues Masterworks Series with “Around the World”

Little Rock, ARK, – The Arkansas Symphony Orchestra presents the third concert of the 2020-2021 Stella Boyle Smith Masterworks Series. Around the World will be streamed from the Robinson Center on March 27 at 7:30 p.m. and March 28 at 3:00 p.m. Due to health and safety precautions, the program will be presented virtually, available for a minimum donation of $10. Concert information and the stream are available atwww. Arkansas Symphony. org/ aroundworld. The Stella Boy le Smith Trust is the Masterworks Series sponsor.

The ASO will perform music from composers from around the World. The program features Swiss composer Arthur Honegger’s “Pastorale d’été” and British composer Anna Clyne’s Within Her Arms, a piece composed after her mother’s sudden death. The program will conclude with Argentine composer Astor Piazzolla’s Tanzago (Variations on Buenos Aires). Interim Artistic Director Geoffrey Robson describes Piazzolla’s Tanzago as “a serious workout for the orchestra.” The piece combines the traditional arc of a symphonic work with the sensibilities of tango music.

The 2020-2021 Stella Boyle Smith Masterworks series was initially scheduled to start in September of 2020, but the season was postponed due to the pandemic. ASO will present Around the World virtually March 27th and 28th and in-person for subscribers only March 20th and 21st by RSVP only. Subscribers can RSVP by calling the Box Office during business hours at (501) 666 – 1761 ext. 1. The orchestra will announce plans for the April and May programs closer to the events.

The public release of Around the World has been rescheduled from March 20th and 21st to March 27th and 28th. This schedule change will allow more time for editing and producing the virtual concert for the best viewing experience.

Program

Arthur HONNEGER

Pastorale d’été

Anna CLYNE

Within Her Arms

Astor PIAZOLLA Tanzago (Variations on Buenos Aires)

Artists

Geoffrey Robson, conductor https://www.arkansassymphony.org/geoffrey-robson

About Arkansas Symphony Orchestra

The Arkansas Symphony Orchestra celebrates its 55th full season in 2020-2021. ASO is the resident orchestra of Robinson Center Music Hall. Arkansas Symphony Orchestra performs more than sixty concerts each year for more than 165,000 people through its Stella Boyle Smith Masterworks Series, Acxiom Pops Live! Series, River Rhapsodies Chamber Music Series, and numerous concerts performed around Arkansas and serving central Arkansas through multiple community outreach programs and bringing live symphonic music education to over 26,000 school children and over 200 schools. ASO’s education programs include the Sturgis Music Academy, which provides violin and cello instruction to more than 350 students, and the ASO Youth Ensembles Program, which has nearly 200 students enrolled in two full orchestras and a strings-only ensemble. ASO employs 12 full-time musicians, more than 70 part-time musicians, and 15 administrative staff members with an annual operating budget of $3.5 million. Arkansas Symphony Orchestra is a member of the League of American Orchestras and a partner orchestra of the National Alliance for Audition Support an unprecedented national initiative to increase diversity in American orchestras.

For more information about the Arkansas Symphony Orchestra, call 501-666-1761 or visit www.ArkansasSymphony.org

Program notes, artist bios, and high-resolution headshots available upon request.