On April 25th at 7:30 PM and April 27th at 3:00 PM, the Big Apple Concerto for clarinet and orchestra by Italian composer Tiziano Bedetti will be performed in its American premiere at the Performing & Fine Arts Center in Avon, Hendricks County, Indiana. The performers will be the Hendricks Symphony Orchestra, conducted by Maestro Amy Eggleston, with an ensemble of around seventy orchestra musicians.

The title of the two concerts will be: Apple to Oranges Concert, and will also feature the Suite from The Love for Three Oranges by Sergei Prokofiev and Under the Apple Tree by Josef Suk. The auditorium's address is 200 W Main St, Plainfield, Avon, IN. This is another great international recognition for the composer Tiziano Bedetti, as his work enters the classical orchestral repertoire.

It should be noted that the composition Big Apple Concerto, commissioned by American patron Lawrence Dow Lovett and dedicated to clarinetist David Shifrin, is a musical tribute to New York.

The city of New York, with its vibrant energy and cultural diversity, has inspired many artists over the years. Composer Tiziano Bedetti is one of them, and his Big Apple Concerto is a musical homage to the city that never sleeps.

Composed for solo clarinet and orchestra, the Big Apple Concerto is a work that reflects the vitality and complexity of New York. The music is a mix of styles and influences, from classical to jazz, from rock to film music. The result is a unique and captivating work that captures the essence of the city.

The concerto, composed in 2001 and lasting 25 minutes, is structured in three movements, each evoking a different aspect of New York:

I. Allegro,
II. Moderately, with a rock beat,
III. Fast.

The Big Apple Concerto is particularly inspired by New York's musical world and the golden age of jazz, with legendary clarinetist Benny Goodman and his incredible band, along with the acrobatic vibraphone solos of Lionel Hampton, blending with rock, funk (created by the undisputed father of funk, James Brown), and disco rhythms that provide a metropolitan backdrop and sound. The concerto is bold and unconventional while maintaining a classical form and references, full of pulsating, vital, and danceable rhythms.

The work not only reflects the city of New York but also its people. The music is a tribute to the diversity and creativity that characterize the city and its inhabitants, a reflection of its energy, diversity, and creativity.

From an aesthetic perspective, the composition also reflects what is known as popular classicism or "pop" classicism, a style to which Bedetti belongs. It draws an ideal continuity and legacy from composers like George Gershwin, Erwin Schulhoff, and Leonard Bernstein, innovators of 20th-century music.