Classical music review

With the Fort Wayne Phil currently looking for a new music director, Saturday night's concern was conducted by the South Bend Symphony's Alastair Willis.

The Fort Wayne Philharmonic Chorus was joined by the DePaul University Concert Choir from Chicago, and pianist Jon Kimura Parker

The concert at PFW featured music by Joseph Schwantner and Sir Edward Elgar.

Conductor Andrew Constantine also directed the orchestra in the music of Lili Boulanger, Edgar Meyer, and Maurice Ravel.

The concert featured music by George Gershwin, Ernest Bloch, and Michael Daugherty.

The All-American concert series opened with a work honoring Ellis Island.

Fort Wayne Philharmonic Music Director Andrew Constantine led the orchestra in a special program honoring the 250th anniversary of the Declaration of Independence.

Performance garnered a standing ovation and an encore by pianist Garrick Ohlsson.

The Fort Wayne Philharmonic Orchestra, conducted by music director Andrew Constantine, presented music by Ralph Vaughan Williams and Peter Tchaikovsky in the Masterworks Series concert at Purdue Fort Wayne on April 5. The Philharmonic’s final Masterworks Series concert of the 2024-25 season is scheduled for Saturday, May 10, at 7:30 p.m. at Purdue Fort Wayne.