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Des Moines Symphony in Waukee

For the second year, the Des Moines Symphony performs a special concert at Waukee High School Auditorium 7:30 pm Fri Mar 9 as part of our Heartland Tour

Joseph Giunta, conducting 
Jennifer Frautschi, violin

KAY (after Gottschalk)     Cakewalk: Concert Suite
BARBER     Violin Concerto
TCHAIKOVSKY     Symphony No. 6–Pathetique 

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Jennifer Frautschi, the Grammy-nominated and Avery Fisher Prize-winning American violinist, makes her Iowa debut collaborating with Joseph Giunta and the Orchestra in Barber’s tuneful and rhythmic Violin Concerto. The Orchestra also performs Tchaikovsky’s great last symphony, the Pathetique, the composer’s most soul-searching musical evocation. 

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