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Judy Moore at (847) 491-4819 or jkm229@northwestern.edu
FOR RELEASE: April 11, 2008
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Symphony Orchestra to Perform
Verdi Requiem and Polish Works
EVANSTON, Ill. --- Beloved classics by Mahler, Elgar and Verdi,
as well as innovative works by Polish composers, are all part
of the Northwestern University Symphony Orchestra’s (NUSO)
repertoire this spring.
All three NUSO concerts are open to the public and will take
place on the University’s Evanston campus at Pick-Staiger
Concert Hall, 50 Arts Circle Drive.
Northwestern University School of Music will present the first
Northwestern Symphony Orchestra spring concert at 7:30 p.m. Saturday,
April 19. Music faculty member Robert Hasty will conduct a program
featuring Gustav Mahler’s Symphony No. 4 and Edward Elgar’s “Enigma
Variations.” Soprano Pamela Hinchman, a Northwestern voice
faculty member, will be the featured soloist. Tickets are $9
for the general public; $7 for senior citizens and Northwestern
faculty and staff; and $5 for students.
“A Polish Celebration” is the theme of NUSO’s
7:30 p.m. Monday, May 12 concert. Under the baton of music faculty
member Victor Yampolsky and featuring violin soloist Alyssa Park,
the orchestra will perform Grazyna Bacewicz’s “In
una parte,” Krzysztof Penderecki’s Violin Concerto
No. 2 (“Metamorphosen”) and Witold Lutoslawski’s
Concerto for Orchestra. Tickets are $12 for the general public,
$9 for senior citizens and Northwestern faculty and staff, and
$6 for students.
Northwestern’s symphony orchestra will be joined by the
University’s Symphonic Chorus for two performances of the
Verdi Requiem, Verdi’s only large-scale composition not
intended for the stage. The Requiem will be performed at 7:30
p.m. Saturday, May 31, and 3 p.m. Sunday, June 1. Victor Yampolsky
will conduct the orchestra and Robert A. Harris will be the chorus
master for the performance of this epic work. Tickets are $12
for the general public, $9 for senior citizens and Northwestern
faculty and staff, and $6 for students.
To purchase tickets by phone, call the Pick-Staiger Ticket Office
at (847) 467-4000. Tickets are also available online.
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