The Blue Ridge Orchestra started off the new season with "Senza Surprise"! The Blue Ridge Orchestra began the new season with "Senza Surprise"! This concert highlighted Haydn's "Surprise" Symphony. Audience members were happily surprised to hear a group of young, talented, local violin students present the famous melody.

The BRO also featured clarinetists Dr. Jonathan Salter and Justin Landry in Mendelssohn's Concert Piece No. 2 in D Minor, Opus 114. It came as no surprise that this weekend would set the bar high for an ambitious season.

Program

Beethoven – Coriolan Overture, Op. 62

Mendelssohn – Concert Piece No. 2 in D Minor, Opus 114 

Featuring Clarinetists Dr. Jonathan Salter & Justin Landry

Haydn – Symphony No. 94 "Surprise"

Photo Credit for 2 above: Kathy Kmonicek