Sage City Symphony Presents Free Concert | 08:25AM / Thursday, March 06, 2025 | |
BENNINGTON, Vt.—Sage City Symphony will perform a concert at 4:00 p.m. in Greenwall Auditorium, VAPA Building, Bennington College.
The program includes works by Verdi, Glinka, Sibelius, and Mozart, as well as compositions by students from Long Trail School and Burr & Burton Academy.
The performance will feature:
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Giuseppe Verdi's "Overture to Nabucco"
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Mikhail Glinka's "Valse-Fantaisie"
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Jean Sibelius' "Finlandia"
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Wolfgang Amadeus Mozart's "Allegro Aperto" (1st movement) from "Concerto No. 2 in D Major for Flute and Orchestra," featuring soloist Julius Boxer-Cooper of Bennington College.
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Student compositions: "Vistas" by Aleks Rutins (Burr & Burton Academy), "Fantaisie d’un Reve" by Katherine Marthage, "Distance Between the Pinczow Cathedral Walls" by Eliza Olrich, and an untitled work by Keaton Tarbell (all Long Trail School).
Julius Boxer-Cooper, a Bennington College student from Washington, D.C., will perform the flute solo.
Michael Finckel, the symphony's music director, will conduct the performance. Finckel, a Bennington native, studied at Oberlin College Conservatory of Music and Bennington College.
Sage City Symphony, established in 1972, is a community and college orchestra affiliated with Bennington College. The symphony performs classical and contemporary music.
The concert is free and open to the public. Sage City Symphony is a registered federal non-profit organization. Donations are accepted.
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