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I Dissent: Songs of American Protest
Lee Hoiby
Lady of the Harbor from Three Women
Evan Mack
Preach Sister, Preach
Patrice Michaels
The Long View: A Portrait of Ruth Bader Ginsburg in Nine Songs
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Mikhail Smigelski, bass
Margarita Denenburg, piano
Rick Rowley, piano
Featuring Butler School violin, cello, and voice students
Dmitri Shostakovich
Preludes, op. 34 (Nos. 1-12)
Piano Trio No. 1 in C Minor, Poème, op. 8
Antiformalist Raylok
with Wilhelm Magner, viola
Daniel Ching, violin
William Fedkenheuer, violin
John Largess, viola
Joshua Gindele, cello
Wolfgang Amadeus Mozart
String Quintet No. 4 in G Minor, K. 516
Franz Schubert
String Quartet No. 15 in G Major, D. 887
with UT Jazz Orchestra
In this extraordinary concert, Moran begins with a solo piano journey through Ellington’s iconic works—his personal ascent up “Mount Ellington”—before being joined onstage by UT’s acclaimed jazz orchestra for a thrilling big band finale. Experience Ellington’s timeless genius, boldly reimagined for a new generation.
Farkhad Khudyev, conductor
Behzod Abduraimov, piano
Pyotr Ilyich Tchaikovsky
Polonaise from Eugene Onegin
Piano Concerto No. 1 in B-flat Minor, op. 23
Margaret Bonds
Montgomery Variations
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