Professional and student musicians perform five orchestra works as part of a regional concert series by Detroit Symphony Orchestra members during a labor strike that began Oct. 4, 2010.
DSO musicians will be conducted by Christopher Confessore, visiting from Alabama, while students will be led by Groves orchestra conductor Paul L. Shawver. Student violinist Margaret Starr will be featured as a soloist on the first movement of Samuel Barber's Violin Concerto, composed in 1939 .
The program also features these selections:
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- Bach: Brandenburg Concerto No. 3
- Tchaikovsky: Serenade for Strings, Mvt. III
- Holst: St. Paul’s Suite, Finale “The Dargason”
- Beethoven: Symphony No. 5 in C minor
Ticket revenues from the concert, one of six around the region in January and February, "support us and our families during the strike," says a DSO musicians' statement.
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