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Icons & Anthems: Elgar & The Blue Danube Saturday, November 9, 2024 7:30PM
FIM Whiting Auditorium
Flint Symphony Orchestra
Enrique Diemecke, music director & conductor
Anthony Ross, cello
Johann Strauss Jr., An der schÖnen blauen Donau, op. 314 (The Beautiful Blue Danube)
Edward Elgar, Cello Concerto in E minor, op. 85
Richard Strauss, Also sprach Zarathustra, op. 30 (Thus Spoke Zarathustra)
Prize-winning cellist Anthony Ross will leave his home as principal cellist of the Minnesota Orchestra to perform his compelling interpretation of Edward Elgar’s Cello Concerto on the stage of Whiting Auditorium. A favorite among cellists, the piece rose to wide acclaim nearly 40 years after it premiered, when celebrity cellist Jacqueline du Pré released a recording in the 1960s. FSO will bookend the concerto with iconic pieces by Johann Strauss, Jr. and Richard Strauss. Strauss Jr.’s The Blue Danube is so well loved, in fact, that Austria adopted it as a second national anthem. The work by Richard Strauss has also been adopted as an anthem of sorts by sci-fi fanatics everywhere.
Inside the Music • 6:30 pm
Title: From a Cellist’s Vantage Point
Guest Speaker: Julie Ford Edwards, cellist (Flint Symphony Orchestra and Saginaw Bay Symphony Orchestra)
Anthony Ross, cello
Age recommendation: No one under 5 admitted (including babes in arms)
Runtime: Approximately 2 hours 30 minutes
Including intermission
Sensory warning: Full band and loud volume.
Genesee County residents receive 30% off – discount applied at checkout.
Supporting Sponsors
Dr. Mark and Genie Plucer
Joe & Patti Higgins
ASL Sponsor
Elga Credit Union
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Event Venue & Nearby Stays
FIM Whiting Auditorium, 1241 E Kearsley St,Flint,MI,United States
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