Adolphus C. Hailstork (b. 1941)
is featured at AfriClassical.com
is featured at AfriClassical.com
Brendon Elliott (Sphinx Organization)
Violin soloist Brendon Elliott (center) performs with the Virginia
Symphony Orchestra on Friday night at Martinsville High School. Benjamin
Rous is the orchestra’s conductor. The performance was part of the
orchestra’s first Virginia tour. (Bulletin photo by Mike Wray)
Orchestra here on Va. tour
Sunday, April 27, 2014
By TARA LUCAS - Bulletin Staff Writer
The Virginia Symphony Orchestra made its debut performance in
Martinsville on Friday night as part of its first tour of the
commonwealth.
The show opened at Martinsville High School with “Overture to Le nozze
di Figaro, K. 492.” The fast-paced, whimsical melody drew resounding
applause at its finish.
Violinist Brendon Elliott performed a violin concerto, written by
composer Adolphus Hailstork, during the first half of the show.
Elliott’s performance produced high-pitched trills, trembling low tones
and a standing ovation from the audience estimated at about 475 people.
According to a release, Elliott made his debut as a soloist at the age
of 10 with the Hampton University Orchestra. Since then, he has been a
soloist with several professional and community orchestras.
At the age of 13, he appeared on From the Top on NPR. Among other
things, he earned the National Sphinx Competition Achievement Award in
2012 and is a three-time semi-finalist in that competition. Elliott
attends the Curtis Institute of Music.
Orchestra conductor Benjamin Rous called Elliott “amazing.”
“Adolphus Hailstork lives in Virginia Beach and Brendon is from
Virginia,” Rous said, which was a good way to tie Southwest Virginia
into the orchestra’s performance.
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