23-05-2025
Free concert at St. Columba features local symphonies
YOUNGSTOWN, Ohio (WKBN) – Saint Columba has a regular concert series featuring the going to go a step further next Saturday night.
The Cathedral will host a Festival Orchestra Concert. The music will again feature the church's organ, but you will also hear music from the Youngstown and Greenville Symphonies, the Warren Philharmonic and the Butler County Symphony. It's the first concert of its kind with this combination of musicians.
You'll hear a famous concerto for organ and orchestra and some select solo works — a complete lineup of music to feature a variety of music.
David Blazer and Ralph Holtzhauser are the featured organists.
'Well, the two different large works are just so different from one another. The one that I will be playing is just for strings and timpani, and the organ becomes really the other parts of the orchestra that you won't be hearing,' Blazer said.
'I thought that bringing all of these orchestras together would be kind of the pinnacle of bringing the community together and consequently bringing people to hear incredible music,' Holtzhauser said.
The free concert is 6:30 p.m. on May 31 at St. Columba.
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