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Join Beethoven Radio at the 2009 Talcott Mountain Music Fest.
Summer Groove! Rhythm, Blues & Soul
David Foster and the Mohegan Sun All Stars featuring Maceo Parker
Friday, June 26, 7:30pm
Maestro Cumming and the HSO get your groove on to celebrate the 40th anniversary of Woodstock! David Foster assembled a group of talented musicians from the legendary Shaboo Night Club that went on to become one of the best known bands in Connecticut. The Shaboo is gone but the music has lived on! Foster and friends are still cranking out their trademark rhythm, blues and soul music, now as the house band for the Mohegan Sun Casino.
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Celebrate America! The Annual Red, White & Blue Tradition
Thursday, July 2, 7:30pm and Friday, July 3, 7:30pm
Maestro Cumminng celebrates Independence Day in the time-honored tradition! Come early, bring your family and a picnic. Then join Hartford Symphony Music Director Edward Cumming for an inspiring tribute to our country’s patriots of yesterday and today, and a thrilling concert featuring favorites from American composers. The traditional performance of Pyotr Ilyich Tchaikovsky’s 1812 Overture and John Philip Sousa’s Stars and Stripes Forever will conclude the concerts. A fireworks spectacular will send the evening out with a bang! Special guest violinist Leonid Sigal and the Middletown High School Chamber Choir will join take to the stage!
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ABBAMANIA – Solid Gold Greatest Hits
Friday, July 10, 7:30pm
Guest conductor Glen Adsit will lead the HSO with all of your favorite ABBA memories performed in person! This is an amazing recreation of the look and sound of ABBA – fully orchestrated and starring special guests ABBAMANIA. This is ABBA as you would have seen them perform live back in the 70s! ABBAMANIA hits GOLD with their representation of ABBA at the height of their supremacy. |
Michael Cavanaugh – The Music of Billy Joel and More
Wednesday, July 15, 7:30 pm
Hand-picked by Billy Joel for the show’s starring role in the hit Broadway musical, Movin’ Out, Michael Cavanaugh won the hearts of audiences and critics night after night. His accolades included both Tony and Grammy award nominations. Catch this rising star performing the hits of the “Piano Man,” plus rock ‘n’ roll classics from the 1950s through the current day, such as Elvis Presley, Buddy Holly, Jerry Lee Lewis, The Beatles, The Who and Elton John.
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Classical’s Greatest Hits
Friday, July 17, 2009 7:30pm
Guest conductor Mzariusz Smolij and guest mezzo-soprano Cynthia Cook performs music you just can’t get them out of your head! They’re classical’s greatest hits – and after this concert, you’ll be able to name those tunes! Mozart’s Marriage of Figaro, Bizet’s Carmen, Grieg’s Peer Gynt, Beethoven’s Fifth, Copland’s Simple Gifts, Gershwin’s Summertime, and more!. |
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