Auburn Symphony Orchestra’s first concert of the season, Radical Rachmaninoff, will feature the world premiere of a new piece titled “Turbulent Flames” by award-winning composer Jessica Meyer.

The concert also features renowned pianist Dominic Cheli performing Sergei Rachmaninoff’s Piano Concerto No. 3, often referred to as the most difficult piano piece ever written.

The concert will be performed at 2:30 p.m. Sunday, Oct. 13, at Auburn Performing Arts Center. Information and tickets can be found at auburnsymphony.org or by calling the box office at 253-887-7777.

Auburn Symphony Orchestra (ASO) is leading a consortium of orchestras from across the nation to commission “Turbulent Flames.”

“I wanted to write a fiery piece for orchestra that combined a good amount of virtuosity, unpredictability, and fun,” Meyer said. ASO will give the world premiere on Oct. 13, and it will then be performed by other members of the consortium over the next two seasons: Greenville Symphony (S.C.), Cape Symphony (Massachusetts), Idaho Falls Symphony (Idaho), Fayetteville Symphony Orchestra (N.C.), Skagit Symphony (Washington), and Walla Walla Symphony (Washington).

“Works performed today add to the overall canon of music so that a century from now listeners will have an idea of what music was like in the early twenty-first century,” said music director Wesley Schulz.