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St. Olaf Orchestra to perform home concert Monday

By Kari VanDerVeen
October 16, 2008

The St. Olaf Orchestra will conclude its fall tour through the Midwest and East Central United States with a home concert Monday, Oct. 20 at 7:30 p.m. in Skoglund Center.

The orchestra, conducted by Steven Amundson, will perform Antonin Dvorak's Slavonic Dances, Nikolai Rimsky-Korsakov's Russian Easter Overture, and Johannes Brahms' Symphony No. 2 in D Major.

Two soloists, Hannah Reitz '10, violin, and Dan Larson '10, alternated playing Samuel Barber's Concerto for Violin and Orchestra and Ralph Vaughan Williams' Concerto for Bass Tuba in G Minor throughout the tour.

The 90-member St. Olaf Orchestra has toured nationally and internationally for more than 60 years and has been featured at national and regional conventions.

Contact Kari VanDerVeen at 507-786-3970 or vanderve@stolaf.edu.