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Orchestral Music

North Carolina Symphony: Russian Nights

A Night of Patriotism and Russian Music with the NC Symphony
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( Sat., Jul. 6, 2019 )

Performed by North Carolina Symphony; Akiko Fujimoto, conductor

Koka Booth Amphitheatre, 8003 Regency Parkway, Cary, NC 27518

Program

Vivacious orchestral showstoppers by Russian masters—from heart-racing overtures by Shostakovich, Rimsky-Korsakov, and Glinka, to familiar romantic tunes by Khachaturian, to the theatrics and pure fun of Tchaikovsky’s 1812 Overture—will make for an evening of splendor.

Shostakovich: Festive Overture; Borodin: In the Steppes of Central Asia; Ippolitov-Ivanov: Procession of the Sardar; Rimsky-Korsakov: Russian Easter Festival Overture; Glinka: Overture to Ruslan and Ludmilla; Khachaturian: Adagio of Spartacus and Phrygia; Tchaikovsky: Waltz and Polonaise from Eugene Onegin; Tchaikovsky: 1812 Overture.