SSO Goes
Around the World

Get your tickets for a musical world tour! We are delighted to feature SSO percussionist, Ian Gibson in the mesmerizing Concerto for Marimba and Orchestra by Bill Cahn. The Moldau, Smetana’s musical homage to his Czech homeland is next. Other stops on this tour include Grieg’s Norway and Hungary where we will hear Brahms’ delightful Hungarian Dances. As an explosive finale to our journey and our 35th season, we visit Russia and take in Tchaikovsky’s awesome 1812 Overture.

Featuring:

Ian Gibson (marimba)

 

PROGRAMME:

Harry Somers: Picasso Suite, 3 movements

Smetana: The Moldau

William L. Cahn: Concerto for Marimba and Orchestra; Ian Gibson, marimba

—Intermission —

Grieg: Peer Gynt: Suite no. 1

Erik Satie/Debussy: Trois Gymnopedies

Brahms:Hungarian Dances, no 5 & 6

Tchaikovsky: Overture 1812, op. 49

 

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