19 Oct Review: Evansville Philharmonic Orchestra returns with a grand performance
Saturday night’s Evansville Philharmonic Orchestra concert — with the entire musical ensemble arrayed on the brightly-lit Victory stage — was truly a vision.
How exciting to see the grand lobby alive again with patrons and how wonderful to hear the EPO musical forces gathered under the baton of Roger Kahlia. The last time the whole orchestra performed may have been Kahlia’s audition in February 2020, and the concert was a wonderful way to emerge from under the throes of the pandemic.
The concert opened with a world premiere, a composition by a friend of Kahlia’s, Paul Dooley. Dooley’s work made effective use of the entire orchestra, as was promised; the skilful interplay of families of instruments reminded me of the music of Richard Strauss, so big and rich was the sound in the brassy closing minutes of “River City Re-Awakened.” Evansville is lucky to have such a talented and likable music director as Kahlia.
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