“What a splendid way to start a new season.
The Savannah Philharmonic Orchestra and Chorus will open its eighth season at the Lucas Theatre with the world premiere of a violin concerto composed by Richard Sortomme. It will be performed by Elmar Oliveira, the only American violinist to win the Gold Medal at Moscow’s Tchaikovsky International Competition.
It was Oliveira who commissioned the concerto…”
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“…the brass section brings you to attention as the timpani swells and the grand gesture to the Hostess City is given its due completion. The enjoyment from “Ten” was its transportation — not into a new world — but the familiar city of Savannah and the ability to sweep you through the historic streets with the accompaniment of the Philharmonic.”
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Sortomme’s new work is not so much a solo vehicle as the celebration of an orchestral family where two violas assume a prominent role, and everybody gets to join the party.
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An affectionate folk like quality pervades the melodic material, almost as if Britain’s Vaughan Williams had been transplanted to 21st-century America. Sortomme paints sonic images
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