COLUMBUS — Guest conductor William Eddins leads the Columbus Symphony in an exciting program he curated himself, performing as both conductor and piano soloist in Gershwin’s ever-popular Rhapsody in Blue and Beethoven’s triumphant Symphony No. 5.
The program also includes Coleridge-Taylor Perkinson’s Sinfonietta No. 1.
Prelude – Patrons are invited to join WOSU Classical 101’s Christopher Purdy near the main stage for a 30-minute, pre-concert discussion.
The Columbus Symphony presents Gershwin’s Rhapsody in Blue at the Ohio Theatre (39 E. State St.) on Friday and Saturday, Feb. 18 and 19, at 7:30 p.m. and Sunday, Feb. 20, at 2 p.m.
Tickets start at $10 and can be purchased in-person at the CBUSArts Ticket Center (39 E. State St.), online at www.columbussymphony.com, or by phone at 614-469-0939.
William Eddins
William Eddins is music director emeritus of the Edmonton Symphony Orchestra and a frequent guest conductor of major orchestras throughout the world. He is an accomplished pianist and chamber musician, regularly conducting from the piano in works by Mozart, Beethoven, Gershwin, and Ravel.
Eddins has performed at the Ravinia Festival with both the Chicago Symphony Orchestra and the Ravinia Festival Orchestra. He has also conducted the orchestras of the Aspen Music Festival, the Hollywood Bowl, Chautauqua Festival, the Boston University Tanglewood Institute, and the Civic Orchestra of Chicago.
