Bartók at the Phoenix Symphony ...

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The Heritage of World Folk
Saturday, September 13, 2008, 8pm
at Symphony Hall

• Romashka Gypsy Folk Troupe, Special Guests
  
• Michael Christie, Conductor
  
• Wu Man, Chinese pipa
  

As a part of The Phoenix Symphony’s inaugural World Music Festival, the orchestra explores folk music from across the globe including the exotic sounds of the Chinese pipa and the Hungarian folk songs disguised in Bartók’s mesmerizing Concerto for Orchestra. The concert also features colorful songs from the Romashka Gypsy Folk Troupe.

TAKEMITSU - Signals from Heaven
TAKEMITSU - Three Film Scores
HARRISON - Pipa Concerto
BARTÓK - Concerto for Orchestra