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Rachmaninoff and Beethoven - Flint Symphony Orchestra
Saturday, May 20, 2023 - 7:30pm The Whiting Flint, MI Rachmaninoff - Vocalise from Fourteen Songs, op. 34, no. 14 Beethoven - Symphony No. 9, op. 125, D minor
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FSO Rachmaninoff and Beethoven This bold program of heavy-hitters is the perfect way to wrap up the 2022-23 FSO season. Vocalise from Fourteen Songs features soprano soloist Jhane Perdue. Rachmaninoff wrote a beautiful, melancholy melody reflecting the state of the time as World War I raged on.
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Romantic Reflections - Saginaw Bay Symphony Orchestra
Saturday, March 4, 2023 - 8:00pm Temple Theatre Saginaw, MI Romanticism in music took many shapes, including a big, rich orchestral sound, lush harmonies, and extremes of musical expression. All can be found in tonight’s selections.
Tchaikovsky’s music opens the program with the Polonaise from the opera Eugene Onegin. Typical of Tchaikovsky’s dances, the Polonaise is a tuneful, catchy dance, played by a large Romantic orchestra.
A style of music called Strurm and Drang [Storm and Stress] developed in the 18th-century became a precursor to 19th century Romanticism.
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Music to Celebrate: A Tribute to Black Composers
Saturday, February 4, 2023 - 7:30pm Temple Theatre Saginaw, MI Over the last century, some Black composers have found their place in European-based classical music, while others have been at the forefront of creating distinctively Black styles of American music such as blues, jazz, and Motown. Tonight’s program honors composers from all these traditions.
Julia Perry’s Short Piece for Orchestra (1943) is full of exciting musical contrasts. Orchestral arrangements of popular standards follow, one group by Duke Ellington, another by Louis Armstrong, and a final set of Motown songs.
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Cole Meets Gershwin
Saturday, March 28, 2020 - 8:00pm Saginaw Bay Symphony Kevin Cole, Piano Soloist
Gershwin, Piano Concerto in F
Shostakovich, Symphony No. 5
Temple Theatre, Saginaw, MI
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Hanson Symphony No. 2
Saturday, February 15, 2020 - 7:30pm Flint Symphony Orchestra Piano soloist Di Wu plays Gershwin Rhapsody in Blue Copland, Billy the Kid Suite
Bernstein, Fancy Free Dance Variations
The Whiting, Flint, MI
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