The Prince George Symphony Orchestra (PGSO) is gearing up to present ‘German Winds’ Chamber Social at the Knox Performance Space.
It’s the first of three PGSO Chamber Socials in the 2022-23 season and German Winds will be hosted at Trinity Downtown’s renovated Knox Performance Space on Saturday, Oct. 22.
A Chamber Social is not your average concert-going experience as a ticket purchase also covers appetizers as well as table seating.
The setting is intimate, with fewer musicians than a main stage Concert and there is even a cash-bar on-site!
This will also be the public’s first opportunity to see the space in its new configuration.
The multi-phase project is bringing a new professional-level music performance venue to Prince George. The first phase of renovations is well underway with new acoustic flooring, seating, radiant heating, and a new expanded stage arrangement all having been added to the main performance space.
German Winds presents an array of wind and string music. For the strings, the lush Romantic Dvorak Terzetto anchors their contribution.
Written for two violins and viola, the piece serves as the chamber debut for the PGSO’s new principal string players: Lydia Hug (concertmaster), Katherine Peter (principal second violin) and Calvin Yang (principal viola).
Two very different German wind quintets bookend the program, opening with Hindemith’s intricate 20th century Kleine Kammermusik (small chamber music) and ending with Danzi’s thoughtful Classical wind quintet in D minor.
Chamber Social starts at 7:30 p.m. and tickets are available in advance from the PGSO’s website.
