Autumn Season at the City Hall

Conductor Adam Szmidt
Soloist Paul Merkelo (trumpet)

Mozart Divertimento K136
Gershwin Rhapsody in Blue for Trumpet and Orchestra
Mozart Symphony No. 35, “Haffner”
Prokofiev Symphony No. 1, “Classical”
German-Polish conductor Adam Szmidt has been acclaimed as vibrant, passionate, and profound and his debut in a symphony concert with the CPO in 2022 was greeted with standing ovations

Soloist Paul Merkelo (trumpet)
Canadian trumpeter Paul Merkelo has been hailed as “the new Maurice André” by the Australian Broadcasting Corporation, and is recognized as “a spectacular soloist... a most impressive master of his instrument” (Montreal Gazette)