Week of July 12, 2010

Simon Bolivar Youth Orchestra
Claudio Abbado, conductor

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Program:
PROKOFIEV: Scythian Suite
BERG: Lulu Suite
TCHAIKOVSKY: Symphony No. 6 (Pathetique)
MANUEL DE FALLA: mvts from El amor brujo –Simon Bolivar Symphony Orchestra, Eduardo Mata, conductor (Dorian 90210

Description:
Some of the young people in Venezuela's revolutionary music-education system come from the "other side of the tracks," and the joy and the power they've found in making classical music at a world-class level is nothing less than inspiring. Especially at a top-tier festival like Lucerne.

Lucerne Music Festival

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