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Roanoke Symphony Orchestra
David Stewart Wiley conducts the Roanoke Symphony Orchestra.
“One of the things I have tried to do this season is celebrate through music some of the beauty we have around us in Virginia’s Blue Ridge Mountains,” says Music Director and Conductor David Stewart Wiley of the Masterworks’ themed series “Beethoven in the Blue Ridge.” “Pieces like Aaron Copland’s ‘Appalachian Spring’ complement the natural beauty, and Vivaldi’s ‘Four Seasons’ is one of the most beautiful and popular pieces of all times.”
The Masterworks Series, which opens on October 1 with “Fireworks,” featuring Tchaikovsky’s stirring “1812 Overture,” includes the premiere of Wiley’s “Celebration Overture.”
The orchestra’s “Picnic at the Pops Series” begins in October with a solo performance by country superstar LeAnn Rimes and ends in March with Broadway great, Bernadette Peters. “I had the privilege of working with Bernadette several years ago,” Wiley says. “She is an amazing performer and singer.”
December’s “Holiday Pops: It’s a Wonderful Life” features Miss Virginia 2011 Elizabeth Crot, who will be singing. “We have people from all over Virginia and neighboring states come to our Holiday Pops,” Wiley says. “We will be doing some special music composed for ‘It’s a Wonderful Life’ that never made it into the film. It will be a Roanoke Symphony premiere.” RSO.com
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