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August 2022 | Great Lakes Concerts

Green Northern Lights over Lake Superior
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The northern lights dance above the great and mighty Lake Superior.

Saturdays,  Aug. 6–27 at 12 p.m. on 90.5 FM & STREAMING | Listen to a variety of music from regional orchestras and professional classical musicians from around the state of Michigan.

Aug. 6
Cellist Anthony Ross and the Flint Symphony play the Dvorak Cello Concerto; Cello selections by Saint-Saens and Rachmaninoff from a Traverse Symphony program.

Aug. 13
Violinist Lucia Micarelli plays Sibelius: Violin Concerto with the Lansing Symphony; Baroque on Beaver Festival Orchestra plays James Stephenson’s Celebration Overture and Bach Brandenburg #3.

Aug. 20
Bernstein’s 3 Dances from the ballet Fancy Free played by the Flint Symphony; Jackson Symphony performs Symphony No. 1 by Brahms.

Aug. 27
Traverse Symphony Strings play Vivaldi; Flint Symphony performs Respighi’s La Boutique Fantasque; pianist Elliot Wuu and Lansing Symphony play Mozart’s Piano Concerto No. 21.

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