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Greensboro Symphony: War & Peace Reimagined

Aired: Sunday, April 1, 2018 @ 3:00 pm
Hosted by Lauren Rico

Major works by two Russian greats are performed by two separate orchestras in this program.  Prokofiev’s Violin Concerto No. 1 is played by the Symphony of the University of North Carolina at Greensboro, with Dmitry Sitkovetsky playing violin.  Then Maestro Sitkovetsky leads the Greensboro Symphony Orchestra in the marvelous Symphony No. 8 by Shostakovich.  Hear some of the North Carolina Triad’s finest musicians on this Carolina Live.

Pictured: Dmitry Sitkovetsky

Encore broadcast  Saturday, April 7, 2018.

Heard on this Episode:

Dmitri Shostakovich: Symphony No. 8 in c-minor
Greensboro Symphony Orchestra
Dmitry Sitkovetsky, conductor

Sergei Prokofiev: Violin Concerto No. 1 in D
Dmitry Sitkovetsky, violin
UNCG Symphony Orchestra 
Dr. Keven Geraldi, conductor

Bedrich Smetana: The Moldau from Ma Vlast Greensboro Symphony
Dmitry Sitkovetsky, conductor

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