University of Wyoming Symphony Orchestra Performing Thursday, November 17th

Coming up this Thursday night Danish maestro Peter Ettrup Larsen will conduct the University of Wyoming Symphony Orchestra in a performances of Nordic pieces. The performance will begin at 5:30 p.m. at the University of Wyoming's Fine Arts concert hall. Tickets cost $10 for the public, $6 for students and $7 for seniors.

The evenings  will include a solo performance by UW Department of Music and pianist Theresa Bogard. Bogard is an award-winning pianist combining interests in historical performance practice, contemporary music, chamber music and the music of women composers. The opening piece, Sibelius' "Finlandia," is one of the most popular Nordic works ever composed. The piece depicts the struggle of the Finnish people to free themselves from Czarist Russian domination, ending with a melody that has since been adopted as the Finnish National Hymn. The concert's closing piece will be the "Symphony No. 2" by Larsen's fellow countryman, Carl Nielsen. Nielsen's music is popular throughout much of northern Europe.

Larsen, who is also an associate professor of conducting at the Sibelius Academy, has been recognized internationally as a freelance conductor, author and composer. He also is a pianist in the Radio Salon Trio and clarinetist in the Dixieland band The New Orleaners.

Tickets are $10 for the public, $6 for students and $7 for seniors. To purchase a ticket call (307) 766-6666, visit the Fine Arts and UW Union box offices, or click here!

Information courtesy of the University of Wyoming.