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UI Philharmonia Orchestra

Stephen Fairbanks, conductor
Nathan Sawyer, assistant director
Hannah Reitz, guest conductor
Frances Ho, guest conductor

Philharmonia presents works from the musically rich Muqam tradition of Central Asia, featuring a North American premier of a work by Uyghur composer Nusrat Wajiding entitled Homeland. The theme of “homeland” carries into the second half, with three further musical portrayals of the intersecting relationships between location, music, and identity.

Program

 Borodin: In the Steppes of Central Asia
 Wajiding: Homeland (North American premiere)
 Dai: Dancing Moonlight
 Smetana: The Moldau
 Tchaikovsky: Finale from Symphony No. 2 (Ukrainian)

Foellinger Great Hall

Music—Classical

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