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Itasca Symphony Orchestra Celebrates 30 years with conductor Keith Swanson

The concert will be a celebration and a showcase of Keith Swanson’s career. Swanson will be retiring after 30 years of conducting the Itasca Symphony Orchestra. For his final concert, his chosen pieces are particularly beloved to him and reflective of the best performances of our community orchestra. The concert will present soloists Bill Bastian and Alexander Sandor who have a long history of performing with Keith, in addition to cellist Magdalena Sas who is new to the Itasca Symphony Orchestra.

This concert program includes audience favorites and highlights of the past 30 years, both as reminiscence and nostalgia as well as hope for the future. The concert will feature:

Concert Program:

Les preludes by Franz Liszt

O Sole Mio by Eduardo di Capua with soloist tenor Bill Bastian

Piano Concerto 9 (movement III) by Wolfgang Amadeus Mozart with piano soloist Alexander Sandor

Light Cavalry Overture by Franz Von Suppe

Cowboys Overture by John Williams

Soundtrack Highlights by John Williams

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Date

May 21 2022
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Time

7:00 pm

Location

The Reif Center
720 NW Conifer Dr, Grand Rapids, MN 55744
Website
https://www.reifcenter.org/