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harding conducts Mozart - Saturday Symphony Series

The vibrant programs from Italy's MusicEmotion feature world-renowned conductors including Daniel Harding and leading performances of masterpieces by Mozart, Verdi, Strauss, Bernstein and others. The camera weaves through the Filarmonica Della Scala, bringing the nuances of the performers to life and the event is given context with backstage interviews, quick introductions of the composers' lives, and anecdotes on the creation of the works.
The music of Wolfgang Amadeus Mozart, Richard Wagner and Richard Strauss will open the series with Daniel Harding conducting the Filarmonica della Scala.
Saturday Symphony Series Programs at Arena Theater

July 20, 2 p.m. doors 1:30 p.m.
Conductor Daniel Harding
Wolfgang Amadeus Mozart, Maurerische Trauermusik
Richard Wagner, Tristan und Isolde, Vorspiel und Liebestod
Richard Strauss, Ein Heldenleben

August 10, 2 p.m., doors 1:30 p.m.
Conductor Riccardo Chailly on the bicentenary of the birth of Giuseppe Verdi
With tenor Joseph Calleja
Nabucco, Overture
Ernani, "Odi il voto"
Alzira, Overture
Attila, "Oh, dolore"
Giovanna d'Arco, Overture
I due Foscari, "Sì, lo sento, Iddio mi chiama"
Les Vêpres siciliennes, Overture
Les Vêpres siciliennes, "A toi, que j'ai chérie"
Les Vêpres siciliennes, Les Saisons, Ballabili

September 14, 2 p.m., doors 1:30 p.m.
Conductor Bobby McFerrin
Leonard Bernstein, Candide, Overture
Gabriel Fauré, Pavane op.50
Antonio Vivaldi, Concerto per due violoncelli, archi e continuo RV 531
Bobby McFerrin, Solo Improvisations
Felix Mendelssohn-Bartholdy, Symphony no.4 op.90 Italiana

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