Summer Day Concert Heralds Optimism Ahead

The Bay Atlantic Symphony salutes composer Sergei Prokofiev, who was born in Sontsovka, Ukraine. In the early 1930s Prokofiev responded to his Soviet government’s directive to produce music that could be played and enjoyed by young performers.  A Summer Day, Children’s Suite for Small Orchestra, op.65bis is what he composed. A second piece by Prokofiev, the popular Classical Symphony, op.25 (Symphony No. 1,) follows.  After intermission, accomplished Philadelphia-based solo pianist Sara Davis Buechner performs Ludwig van Beethoven’s Piano Concerto No. 3 in C minor, op. It was first performed in 1803 by Beethoven himself. Join the Bay Atlantic Symphony for an afternoon of musical delights.