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Fairfax Symphony Orchestra presents Grieg, Rachmaninoff, and Virginia Premiere by Larry Alan Smith

The

Fairfax Symphony Orchestra will highlight the saxophone in the Virginia

premiere of Larry Alan Smith’s Saxophone Concerto and as a prominent voice

within the orchestra in Rachmaninoff’s Symphonic Dances.  The FSO invites internationally renowned

artist and pedagogue, Carrie Koffman, to the stage to perform both works.  The program will begin with Grieg’s

best-known work for orchestra, the Peer

Gynt
Suite.





Conductor:

Christopher Zimmerman

Guest

Artist: Carrie Koffman, saxophone

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Repertoire:

GRIEG:

Peer Gynt Suite No. 1

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LARRY

ALAN SMITH: Concerto for Soprano Saxophone and Strings

RACHMANINOFF:

Symphonic Dances


George Mason University's Center for the Arts

4373 Mason Pond Drive

Fairfax, VA

Tickets

start at $25; students ages 6-18: $5

http://www.fairfaxsymphony.org

888-945-2468

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