ONTARIO PHILHARMONIC - A SYMPHONIC TITAN
FRIDAY, MARCH 20, 2026 7:30PM
Presented by Ontario Philharmonic
PROGRAM 5 - 2025-2026 - Soloists Series - SUBSCRIPTIONS AVAILABLE
A SYMPHONIC TITAN • MAHLER’S EPIC 1st SYMPHONY
Pianist Haiou Zhang joins OP for the first time in the popular “Yellow River“ Concerto, a fantastic musical journey on this great Chinese river • One of the most thrilling symphonies ever written, Marco Parisotto and OP perform Gustav Mahler’s epic 1st Symphony, the “Titan” • Mahler expressed that "A symphony must be like the world, it must embrace everything.” • Composed when Mahler was twenty-eight, the Titan is filled with the sounds of Nature, it expresses melancholy, it is meditative, it exudes youthful exuberance and joy, and it ends blaring in the expression of the triumph of the human spirit • You won’t want to miss a beat of this outstanding work!
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Recommended Age: 14+
Age Restriction: 7+
Presented by Ontario Philharmonic
PROGRAM 5 - 2025-2026 - Soloists Series - SUBSCRIPTIONS AVAILABLE
A SYMPHONIC TITAN • MAHLER’S EPIC 1st SYMPHONY
Pianist Haiou Zhang joins OP for the first time in the popular “Yellow River“ Concerto, a fantastic musical journey on this great Chinese river • One of the most thrilling symphonies ever written, Marco Parisotto and OP perform Gustav Mahler’s epic 1st Symphony, the “Titan” • Mahler expressed that "A symphony must be like the world, it must embrace everything.” • Composed when Mahler was twenty-eight, the Titan is filled with the sounds of Nature, it expresses melancholy, it is meditative, it exudes youthful exuberance and joy, and it ends blaring in the expression of the triumph of the human spirit • You won’t want to miss a beat of this outstanding work!
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Recommended Age: 14+
Age Restriction: 7+
PROGRAM:
YIN Chengzong (b.1941) - “Yellow River” Piano Concerto
(Based on XIAN Xinghai)
1. Prelude: The Song of the Yellow River Boatmen (序曲：黄河船夫曲)
2. Ode to the Yellow River (黄河颂)
3. The Yellow River in Wrath (黄河愤)
4. Defend the Yellow River (保卫黄河)
Haiou Zhang, piano soloist
INTERMISSION
Gustav MAHLER - Symphony no.1 in D major, op.47