Terre Haute, IN – On April 30, 2022, at 7:30pm, the Terre Haute Symphony Orchestra
presents Brahms & Rachmaninoff featuring the immensely talented Drew Petersen, a
highly sought-after soloist who has performed throughout the United States and
internationally, as guest artist to perform Rachmaninoff’s Second Piano Concert.
Mr. Petersen was presented at Carnegie Hall’s Weill Recital Hall at age five, and by age
10 he was presented in a solo recital at Steinway Hall in Manhattan for the company’s
150th Anniversary. He graduated cum laude from Harvard at age 19 with a Bachelor of
Liberal Arts in social science and did his graduate music studies at the Juilliard School.
More recently, he’s been praised for his commanding and poetic performances of
repertoire ranging from Bach to Zaimont and is the recipient of several esteemed awards
and a residency at the University of Indianapolis. Mr. Petersen will perform Sergei
Rachmaninoff’s (1873-1943) Piano Concerto No. 2 (1901), considered by many to be
the world’s favorite piano concerto.
Rachmaninoff had a gift for crafting memorable melodies, which influenced generations
of American songwriters, some of whom lifted tunes intact and turned them to jazz
standards. The Second Concerto alone spawned three such songs; in the 1940s, a Tin
Pan Alley composer named Ted Mossman turned two of Rachmaninoff’s melodies into
the standards “Till the End of Time” and “Full Moon and Empty Arms.” According to the
program notes written by THSO composer-in-residence Dan Powers, “The development
[of the concerto] begins vivaciously, but gradually takes on a heroic quality, until the
recapitulation begins with the principal theme in a march-like variation.” The concerto
ends after its three movements with a grand, whirlwind finish.
Brahms & Rachmaninoff will open with Dan Powers’ original piece Overture to the THSO
(2005), which is dedicated to the THSO’s Artistic Director, Dr. David Bowden, and will
conclude with Johannes Brahms’ (1833-1897) astonishingly powerful Symphony No. 1
(1876).
Tickets
Patrons can purchase concert tickets by visiting www.thso.org or calling the Hulman
Center at (812) 237-3737. Tickets start at $17 for adults and $4 for children and
students. Prices do not include facility and venue fees.
Supper at the Symphony
The THSO is pleased to host Supper at the Symphony prior to Brahms &
Rachmaninoff! Come to the concert early and enjoy a delectable three-course meal
served in the Heritage Ballroom of Tirey Hall, right down the hall from Tilson Auditorium.
The cash bar opens at 5:00pm, and dinner is served promptly at 5:30pm. Dinner
reservations are $25 per person. Patrons will enjoy a salad to start and choose one
entrée of either Chicken Breast Florentine, Soy Glazed Salmon, or a Vegetable
Wellington. Chocolate mousse parfaits will be served for dessert. Reservations
can be made at www.thso.org or by calling the THSO office at (812) 242-8476.
Reservations close at 12pm on Tuesday, April 26 th .
Masks
Masks are optional per Indiana State University’s current COVID-19 policy.
Parking
Patrons may park in the Indiana State Parking garage located at 750 Cherry Street for
free between 4 PM and 11 PM on the day of the concert. This parking garage is located
across the street from Tilson Auditorium.
