Eugene Symphony: Forces of Nature - Greig & Nielsen

Tumblebird Contrails (Duration: 12 minutes)
Gabriella Smith

Piano Concerto (Duration: 30 minutes)
Edvard Grieg
Claire Huangci, piano

Intermission

Symphony No. 4, “The Inextinguishable” (Duration: 36)
Carl August Nielsen

Feel the rush of nature and unrelenting power! Gabriella Smith’s Tumblebird Contrails paints a vivid soundscape of wind, waves, and wild motion. Grieg’s Piano Concerto then soars with breathtaking melodies and virtuosic fire. The evening climaxes with Nielsen’s Symphony No. 4, “The Inextinguishable”, a fierce,