Pianist Marian Lee will solo this weekend with the Quad City Symphony Orchestra. For just the second time Lee will be the featured soloist, performing J.S. Bach’s Keyboard Concerto No. 5 in F Minor.
She says having a smaller, socially-distanced orchestra because of the pandemic, is giving the QCSO a chance to do smaller pieces that people normally wouldn’t hear. The orchestra has never performed a Bach keyboard concerto in its 106-season history.
“That’s why I was so thrilled and I believe the maestro is excited as well. Normally, they wouldn’t consider doing something like this. So in an odd way, Covid has offered me opportunities I may not have gotten otherwise.”
The Bach concerto features a small string ensemble, with no wind or brass players.
“Another odd positive twist to that, for the first time my family can watch me online - from Columbus, Ohio, and L.A. and New York. They can hear me and watch me live, and maybe have a better seat in the house than they normally would.”
It will be videotaped for digital access starting Sunday at 2 p.m. for 30 days, until January 6.
