World premiere performances are a rarity. To premiere three works in one season is a very rare privilege. A Canton Symphony Orchestra (CSO) contemporary quintet - in its typical world-class fashion - will premiere a third classical work tonight, February 6 (Thursday at 1:00pm) and Friday, February 7 (Friday at 7:00pm) in Cable Recital Hall at Canton's Cultural Center for the Arts on Market Avenue North. The other two world premieres this season were this past fall: A Secret Gift (Eric Benjamin) and Tuba Sonata for Strings, Piano and Tuba (Tom Lukowicz).
The quintet will premiere Parodos by Jack Hughes which has been commissioned by the CSO through the Composer Fellowship Program of the Cleveland Institute of Music. Mr. Hughes explains his work, "The inspiration for the piece is the early Greek tragedy. While sketching the piece I learned that these tragedies featured a single actor interacting with a large, masked chorus. Parodos Â- the word for the initial procession of a Greek Chorus onto the stage - is a musical imagination of these ancient plays."Videos