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<p>SCRANTON &#8212; Northeastern Pennsylvania Philharmonic music director Lawrence Loh calls the orchestra&#8217;s Masterworks series the &#8220;bread and butter&#8221; of its repertoire.</p><p>The philharmonic will present its Orchestra Spotlight Masterworks III performance at 8 p.m. March 4 at the Peoples Security Bank Theater at Lackawanna College. Pre-concert insights will begin at 7 p.m.</p><p>The performance will feature works by Copland, Britten, Bach, and Mozart and will spotlight various members of the orchestra including principal cellist Alberto Parrini and the philharmonic&#8217;s Emerging Artist, pianist <a href="https://www.timesleader.com/features/550808/nepa-philharmonic-hosts-competition-for-local-young-pianists" target="_blank">Nathan Grabow</a>.</p><p>&#8220;The Masterworks are our classical series,&#8221; Loh said. &#8220;When musicians are training in school, they&#8217;re working to get to the point where they&#8217;re performing pieces like this. These are the pieces they love to perform the most artistically, and they require a lot more detail and rehearsal.&#8221;</p><p>Copeland&#8217;s &#8220;Appalachian Spring,&#8221; Loh said, is a difficult and detailed work that requires orchestra members to be &#8220;at the top of their game.&#8221;</p><p>Loh said each member of the chorus rehearsed extensively prior to seven hours of group rehearsals.</p><p>&#8220;Everyone prepares on their own, so when we get together, we&#8217;re preparing in a way that&#8217;s cohesive and of one mind,&#8221; Loh said.</p><p>Loh said the pieces in the Orchestra Spotlight were chosen to highlight solo moments for individual players across the orchestra.</p><p>&#8220;Our guest cellist, Alberto Parrini, he&#8217;s normally the leader of the cellos,&#8221; Loh said. &#8220;In this case, he&#8217;s spotlighted in his performance of Haydn&#8217;s &#8216;Cello Concerto No. 1.&#8217;&#8221;</p><p>A Bach piece will feature solos by the principal trumpet, flute, oboe and the concertmaster, or lead violinist, Loh said.</p><p>Grabow, of Lake Ariel, will be featured on piano during the third movement of Mozart&#8217;s &#8220;Piano Concerto No. 12.&#8221;</p><p>&#8220;He&#8217;s an extremely talented pianist who won both the junior division and senior division of the piano competition we have every few years,&#8221; Loh said. &#8220;I believe in him strongly. We love the fact that he&#8217;s from our area, and I think he&#8217;s going places.&#8221;</p><p>Executive director of the philharmonic Nancy Sanderson touted the strength of the orchestra, which is comprised of local and New York-based musicians, through an anecdote about &#8220;civic leader&#8221; and philharmonic patron Cliff Melberger.</p><p>&#8220;He tells the story of hearing our orchestra and going into New York and seeing their philharmonic and seeing some of the same players,&#8221; Sanderson said. &#8220;He feels that to have a New York City caliber orchestra at Wilkes-Barre prices is an amazing resource to have in the community.&#8221;</p><p>Sanderson said the philharmonic tries to design programming to keep regular patrons engaged while reaching out to newcomers.</p><p>&#8220;I&#8217;m a huge believer in bringing live symphonic music to people,&#8221; Sanderson said. &#8220;The experience of it is so surreal and wonderful, and we have a lot of unlikely people who come to the philharmonic for the first time and are stunned by the experience, because it&#8217;s just excellent.&#8221;</p><p><ins>For other Life Section stories, <a href="https://www.timesleader.com/category/features" target="_blank">click here</a>.</ins></p><style>
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<div class="neCaption">The Northeastern Pennsylvania Philharmonic violin section performs &#8216;The Four Seasons of Buenos Aires&#8217; by Astor Piazzolla under the direction of conductor Lawrence Loh at the F.M. Kirby Center in Wilkes-Barre in 2016. The orchestra&#8217;s Masterworks series continues at Lackawanna College March 4. </div></div><div class="metaInfo"><photo0>https://www.timesleader.com/wp-content/uploads/2017/02/web1_TTL032714philharm_FAMILY_1.jpg</photo0><caption0>The Northeastern Pennsylvania Philharmonic violin section performs &#8216;The Four Seasons of Buenos Aires&#8217; by Astor Piazzolla under the direction of conductor Lawrence Loh at the F.M. Kirby Center in Wilkes-Barre in 2016. The orchestra&#8217;s Masterworks series continues at Lackawanna College March 4. </caption0><photoCredit0>Times Leader file photo </photoCredit0></div><div class="neFile"><img class="neImage" src="https://www.timesleader.com/wp-content/uploads/2017/02/web1_ttl06xx15pianocomp-2.jpg">
<div class="neCaption">Pianist Nathan Grabow will be featured as a soloist during &#8216;Mozart&#8217;s Piano Concerto No. 12&#8217; at the NEPA Philharmonic&#8217;s presentation of Masterworks III in Scranton. Works by Copland, Britten and Bach will also be performed. </div></div><div class="metaInfo"><photo1>https://www.timesleader.com/wp-content/uploads/2017/02/web1_ttl06xx15pianocomp-2.jpg</photo1><caption1>Pianist Nathan Grabow will be featured as a soloist during &#8216;Mozart&#8217;s Piano Concerto No. 12&#8217; at the NEPA Philharmonic&#8217;s presentation of Masterworks III in Scranton. Works by Copland, Britten and Bach will also be performed. </caption1><photoCredit1>Times Leader file photo </photoCredit1></div></div>
<div class="metaInfo"><subheadMeta>Orchestra will feature soloists at Lackawanna College</subheadMeta></div><div class="metaInfo"><bylineMeta><p>By Matt Mattei</p><p>mmattei@www.timesleader.com</p></bylineMeta></div><div class="metaInfo"><factboxMeta><p><strong>IF YOU GO</strong></p><p><strong>What: </strong>Northeastern Pennsylvania Philharmonic presents Orchestra Spotlight Masterworks III</p><p><strong>Where: </strong>Peoples Security Bank Theater at Lackawanna College, 501 Vine St., Scranton</p><p><strong>When: </strong>8 p.m. March 4 with pre-concert insights starting at 7 p.m.</p><p><strong>Ticket information: </strong>Tickets start at $31 and are available online at <a href="http://bit.ly/2mn3K2o" target="_blank">bit.ly/2mn3K2o</a> or by phone at 570-270-4444. Students in grades 12 and lower are admitted free. Tickets for all other students cost $16.</p></factboxMeta></div><div class="metaInfo"><shirttailMeta><p>Reach Matt Mattei at 570-991-6651 or on Twitter @TimesLeaderMatt.</p></shirttailMeta></div>

NEPA Philharmonic will perform classics at Lackawanna College theater