With its stirring "Ode to Joy" final choral movement, Ludwig van Beethoven's "Symphony No. 9" demands big voices and a large choir. Kenai Peninsula Orchestra artistic director and conductor Tammy Vollom-Matturro calls Beethoven's masterpiece "one of the greatest works in all orchestral literature." Kenai Peninsula Orchestra Gala Concerts "Russian Easter Overture," by Nikolai Rimsky-Korsakov Directed by Tammy Vollom-Matturro "Symphony No. 9," by Ludwig van Beethoven Directed by Mark Robinson 7:30 p.m. Saturday Homer Mariner Theatre Lecture at 6:45 p.m. $18 general, $15 senior/parent, $12 youth, member Brass Chamber Concert Amy and Todd Schendel, Anthony Cecere, Mary and Eric Simondsen and Harvey Ambrose 7:30 p.m. Faith Lutheran Church $15 general, $12 senior/youth/member All tickets available at Homer Bookstore and Etude Music In the KPO performance starting at 7:30 p.m. Saturday at the Homer Mariner Theatre, a 150-member choir from Homer, Kenai and Soldotna and four professional soloists give the work the proper treatment. KPO conductor emeritus Mark Robinson leads the performance. Vollom-Matturro also conducts "Russian Easter Overture" by Nikolai Rimsky-Korsakov in KPO's annual gala concert. The concert also is performed at 7:30 p.m. Friday at Renee C. Henderson Auditorium in Kenai. Ending KPO's Summer Music Festival is a brass chamber concert at 7:30 p.m. Sunday at Faith Lutheran Church. Musicians Amy and Todd Schendel, Anthony Cecere, Mary and Eric Simondsen and Harvey Ambrose perform. Michael Armstrong can be reached at michael.armstrong@homernews.com.
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KPO's Gala Concert features Beethoven
By Michael Armstrong
Staff Writer
