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West Virginia Symphony: Rejoicing in a Kaleidoscope of Sound

Location/County: Charleston, Kanawha
September 19, 2014 — September 20, 2014

September 19 & 20, 2014 at the Clay Center

Rejoicing in a Kaleidoscope of Sound

• Strauss: Don Juan
• Barber: Violin Concerto, Rachel Barton Pine, violin
• Ravel: Mother Goose Suite
• Ravel: Daphnis et Chloe, Suite 2

Maestro Grant Cooper on this orchestral program: “A spectacular program of orchestral color. This is a showcase of the fabulous talents of our orchestra, collectively and indvidually, coupled with a brilliant soloist in one of the most gorgeous violin concertos ever written.”

American violinist Rachel Barton Pine has appeared as soloist with many of the world’s most prestigious orchestras, including the Chicago, Atlanta, St. Louis, Dallas, Baltimore, Montreal, Vienna, New Zealand and Iceland Symphonies, and the Philadelphia Orchestra, working with conductors including Charles Dutoit, Zubin Mehta, Erich Leinsdorf, Marin Alsop, Neeme Järvi, and Placido Domingo.

http://www.wvsymphony.org/concerts-and-tickets/symphonic-series/221-rejoicing-in-a-kaleidoscope-of-sound