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WIU School of Music Presents Symphony Orchestra Concert
May 1, 2025
MACOMB, IL - - The Western Illinois University School of Music presents a Symphony Orchestra Concert at 7:30 p.m. Friday, May 2 in the College of Fine Arts and Communication (COFAC) Recital Hall.
The WIU Symphony Orchestra, conducted by Rich Cangro, interim director of orchestras and director of Music Education, will be performing works by Lili Boulanger, Carl Maria von Weber, Silvestre Revueltas and Howard Hanson. The Ensemble will be joined by guest soloist Eric Ginsberg. Ginsberg has been a professor of clarinet and clarinetist in the Camerata Woodwind Quintet, in residence at WIU, since 1996 and will be retiring at the end of this semester.
The program will include:
D'un matin de Printemps - Boulanger
Clarinet Concerto No. 1 in F Minor, Op. 73 - Maria von Weber
I. Allegro
II. Adagio ma non troppo
III. Rondo: Allegretto
Ginsberg, clarinet
Sensemayá - Revueltas
INTERMISSION
Symphony No. 2 in D-flat Major, Op. 30, W45 - Hanson (1896-1981)
I. Adagio — Allegro moderato
II. Andante con tenerezza
III. Allegro con brio
This performance is free and open for general audience seating and will be livestreamed on the WIU School of Music's YouTube channel.
For more information, call the COFAC Recital Hall office at (309) 298-1843 or visit Recital Hall - WIU.
Posted By: University Communications (U-Communications@wiu.edu)
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