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Hungarian composer Erno Dohnanyi's Symphonic Minutes is divided into five movements, each only one or two minutes in length. Each movement retains a typically classical form, including a rhapsody, a scherzo, a theme and variations, as well as a rondo. Michael Berkovsky and Coral Solomon then perform Poulenc's Concerto for two pianos and orchestra. Inspired by Mozart and Balinese gamelan, the work features lively rhythms, graceful melodies, and playful dialogue between the two pianos and orchestra, blending wit, lyricism, and brilliance. Finnish composer Jean Sibelius structured his Symphony no. 2 from a rising three-note motif out of which all other themes are generated?a compositional practice Arnold Schoenberg described as "developing variation". The first movement also bears a relationship to Richard Strauss' famous tone poem, Tod und Verklärung: both have the main theme emerge in full only at the end, rather than the beginning. Accessible tickets and phone/email help: 1-800-708-6754 | boxoffice@tolive.com. All patrons require a ticket of admission. To view our babies-in-arms policy and other venue details, click here. Please be aware that by entering a TO Live venue, you assume all risks, hazards, and dangers arising from or relating in any way to the risk of contracting COVID-19 or any other communicable disease or illness, and that TO Live and the Meridian Arts Centre shall not be held responsible or liable for any claims relating to such risks, hazards, and dangers. --- Net Event Capacity: 998

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