DVOŘÁK’S NEW WORLD SYMPHONY – BEYOND THE SCORE
The acclaimed series from the Chicago Symphony Orchestra
Soundbytes
Centennial Concert Hall

Saturday, February 25 – 8:00 pm

We are proud to introduce our audience to this acclaimed and exciting multi-media presentation created by the Chicago Symphony Orchestra that brings a major classical work to both new and veteran listeners using live theatre, a screen presentation, actors and a host followed by a complete performance of the work.

Dvořák’s New World Symphony is one of the most popular pieces of orchestral music ever written. For North Americans, this is the first great symphony about America memorably using Indigenous sources.

You’ll see, hear and learn how this symphony grew out of Dvořák’s abandoned opera based on Longfellow’s Hiawatha epic, and how Longfellow’s inspiration itself mixes North American and European stories. In this symphony, the echoes of many different nations mix with one another to produce a rainbow of music, a vision of many colours and identities, presented to bring you closer to this masterpiece than you ever thought possible.

Richard Lee, conductor
Reid Harrison, actor
Derek Morphy, actor
Anna-Lisa Kirby, vocalist
Will Bonness, piano
James Manishen, host

For more information, visit http://www.wso.ca.

Tickets range from $23.00-$72.00 and are available at all Ticketmaster outlets or at the Winnipeg Symphony Orchestra: 555 Main Street, 949-3999 or wso.ca.