(atmospheric electronic music) (classical piano music) - [Narrator] This week on "Expressions," a classic performance from John Covelli.

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(audience cheers and applauds) (soft piano music) - Hello, and welcome to "Expressions."

I'm your host, Adara Alston.

For tonight's episode, we traveled back to 2010 for a recital from one of the Southern Tier's musical titans, Maestro John Covelli.

A piano prodigy, the precocious Covelli was performing with the Chicago Symphony by the age of nine, and as a teenager, he appeared in a series of nationwide CBS TV performances and eventually became an esteemed conductor and soloist for the 7th Army Symphony, traveling across Europe to perform for American troops.

In 1982, he became musical director for the Binghamton Philharmonic, launching the organization to new heights in a post he held for two decades, and his annual New Year's Eve concert held at St. Patrick's Church in downtown Binghamton delighted audiences for years.

Covelli begins his "Expression" performance with Aaron Copeland's "Midday Thoughts."

("Midday Thoughts") ("Midday Thoughts" continues) ("Midday Thoughts" continues) ("Midday Thoughts" continues) ("Midday Thoughts" continues) (audience applauds) ("The Fountain of Aqua Paola") ("The Fountain of Aqua Paola" continues) ("The Fountain of Aqua Paola" continues) ("The Fountain of Aqua Paola" continues) ("The Fountain of Aqua Paola" continues) ("The Fountain of Aqua Paola" continues) ("The Fountain of Aqua Paola" continues) (audience applauds) ("32 Variations on an Original Theme in C Minor") ("32 Variations on an Original Theme in C Minor" continues) ("32 Variations on an Original Theme in C Minor" continues) ("32 Variations on an Original Theme in C Minor" continues) ("32 Variations on an Original Theme in C Minor" continues) ("32 Variations on an Original Theme in C Minor" continues) ("32 Variations on an Original Theme in C Minor" continues) ("32 Variations on an Original Theme in C Minor" continues) ("32 Variations on an Original Theme in C Minor" continues) ("32 Variations on an Original Theme in C Minor" continues) ("32 Variations on an Original Theme in C Minor" continues) ("32 Variations on an Original Theme in C Minor" continues) ("32 Variations on an Original Theme in C Minor" continues) ("32 Variations on an Original Theme in C Minor" continues) ("32 Variations on an Original Theme in C Minor" continues) ("32 Variations on an Original Theme in C Minor" continues) ("32 Variations on an Original Theme in C Minor" continues) ("32 Variations on an Original Theme in C Minor" continues) ("32 Variations on an Original Theme in C Minor" continues) ("32 Variations on an Original Theme in C Minor" continues) ("32 Variations on an Original Theme in C Minor" continues) ("32 Variations on an Original Theme in C Minor" continues) ("32 Variations on an Original Theme in C Minor" continues) (audience applauds) ("'S Wonderful/Fascinatin' Rhythm") ("'S Wonderful/Fascinatin' Rhythm" continues) ("'S Wonderful/Fascinatin' Rhythm" continues) ("'S Wonderful/Fascinatin' Rhythm" continues) (audience applauds) Maestro John Covelli with the performance of "Fascinatin' Rhythm," a George Gershwin song that was originally made famous by Fred Astaire way back in 1926.

We'll return for John's final selection shortly, and a reminder that you can visit wskg.org/expressions to see even more of his performance.

Thanks so much for watching, and we end the show with a piece written by 19th-century composer Louis Moreau Gottschalk.

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