Carlos Simon: Fate Now Conquers
Barber: Cello Concerto
Bernstein: West Side Story: Symphonic Dances
Gershwin: Porgy & Bess: A Symphonic Picture
Detroit Symphony Music Director Jader Bignamini makes his GTMF debut with an all-American program that includes a piece by an exciting new voice and two classics from Broadway’s Great White Way. Joining Maestro Bignamini is Alisa Weilerstein, who returns to Walk Festival Hall with Samuel Barber’s rarely heard Cello Concerto.
Tickets $40/$75; Children & Students $5
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Join us for a pre-concert talk at 5 PM with Holly Mulcahy (GTMF violinist; Wichita Symphony Orchestra, Concertmaster) in the Barbara Furrer Goodman Memorial Garden near Walk Festival Hall’s north entrance. Talks are sponsored by the Goodman Family Foundation, in memory of Roy and Barbara Goodman.
Photo: Marco Borggreve
Programs and guest artists subject to change.