
Wichita Symphony Orchestra Tonight at the Donut Whole: Harpsichord Open Mic with Jamie Knight and Susan Mayo. Starts at 8!

Wichita Symphony Orchestra Beautiful enough, if not entirely pertinent to the calendar. Here's to hoping everyone has a nice, safe Christmas.

Wichita Symphony Orchestra Mahler 5 coming up in january. Here's a song by comedian Tom Lehrer about Mahler's rather adventurous wife.
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Tom Lehrer - That Was The Year That Was Reprise Records 1965 11: Alma 12: Who's Next? 13: Wernher Von Braun

Wichita Symphony Orchestra Downtown with nothing to do? The Holiday Pops Concert starts in half an hour!

Wichita Symphony Orchestra Holiday Pops Concert tomorrow night at 7:30. It's currently sold-out, but last minute admission will be available as seating permits, starting at 7:20. Also, donations of canned goods and non-perishable items will be taken for Kansas Foodbank at the event. Bring the family!
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ARCANGELO CORELLI (1653-1713) Concerto Grosso for two violins, cello, strings and basso continuo in G Minor "Fatto per la notte di Natale" Op. 6 No. 8 6. Allegro 7. Pastorale (largo) Performed by Musica ...

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Completed
on Christmas day of 1821, this sonata would be the Beethoven's
second-to-last (or, if we're choosing to pull out our dictionaries, his
penultimate) piece in the genre he effectively destroyed for his
followers.

Wichita Symphony Orchestra Holiday Pops Concert next Tuesday at 7:30! Though tickets are currently sold out, seating may be available for last minute attendees starting at 7:20. Free admission!
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The Spirit of Christmas Free Family Holiday Concert Jay Decker, Guest Conductor Karen Robu, Vocalist Tuesday, December 8, 2009, 7:30 pm Century II Convention Hall

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Fun winter-time activity: listening to fugues in the snow.
It's a little-known and untrue fact that polyphony developed as a musical technique to represent precipitation in program music.
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Prelude and Fugue No. 3 in G major Composer: Dmitri Shostakovich (1906-1975) Written: 1950-1951

Wichita Symphony Orchestra Tonight at the Donut Whole: The Prairie Pranksters! WSO members Susan Mayo, Mark Foley, and John Harrison will be playing with composer and banjo player Paul Elwood. Starts at 8!

Wichita Symphony Orchestra Christmas Pops Concert coming up. To get in the pops spirit, here's a video of virtuoso Yehudi Menuhin with jazz legend Stephane Grapelli. While Menuhin ultimately seems out of place, his sentiment is noble and his tone evokes the sound of John Coltrane playing the simplest of standards. Interesting bits of interview with Menuhin in the video.
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Stephane Grappelli & Yehudi Menuhin Top of the line violinist live yet. original version was kept in BBC due to copyright reasons, full version cannot be released into public. what a disappointment

Wichita Symphony Orchestra just wrapped up this year's round of Young People's Concerts. Britten's "Young Person's Guide to the Ochestra" comes up frequently when discussing classical music and children, but the English composer also gave two of the leading roles in one of his final operas to child singers. Here's a clip from his "Turn of the Screw"
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www.opusarte.com / Benjamin Britten's haunting adaptation of Henry James' classic ghost story about a governess put in charge of two mysteriously possessed orphaned children. More info at: www.opusarte.com

Wichita Symphony Orchestra Missed last night? Can't get enough of a certain "Fate" motif? Concert starts at 3 today.
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Century II Concert Hall 225 W. Douglas, Suite 207 Wichita, KS 67202 316-267-5259 Box Office: 316-267-7658 Email: symphony@wso.org

Wichita Symphony Orchestra Last minute notice!: concert starts at 8 tonight! Debussy, Tchaikovsky, Mozart!
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Century II Concert Hall 225 W. Douglas, Suite 207 Wichita, KS 67202 316-267-5259 Box Office: 316-267-7658 Email: symphony@wso.org

Wichita Symphony Orchestra Concert starts tomorrow at 8! Visit www.wso.org for ticket information.
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