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Alabama Symphony Orchestra to perform in Florence, AL

BIRMINGHAM, AL, Sept. 6, 2007 - The Alabama Symphony Orchestra (ASO) teams up with the ON STAGE Concert series to present “Music from the Danube,” featuring works by Hadyn, Bartόk and Beethoven, at 7:30 p.m., Thursday, September 27, 2007 at Norton Auditorium on the campus of the University of North Alabama in Florence.

Music Director and Principal Conductor Justin Brown leads the ASO in an exciting program
featuring the following masterworks:

            HADYN                Symphony No. 44 in E minor (Trauer-Symphonie)

                  BARTÓK             Concerto No. 3 for Piano and Orchestra     

            BEETHOVEN      Symphony No. 4 in B-flat major, op. 60     

                                                                                                                       

Internationally renowned pianist, Alexander Melnikov will join for a first time appearance with the ASO on piano. Melnikov has earned a reputation as one of the finest Russian pianists of his generation. His past engagements have included performances with the Russian National Orchestra, Tokyo Philharmonic, Philadelphia Orchestra, Rotterdam Philharmonic, St. Petersburg Philharmonic, BBC Philharmonic Orchestra, Residente Orchestra, Macao Orchestra, Malaysian Philharmonic Orchestra, KBS Symphony Orchestra and the Ulster Orchestra

Ticket information is available by contacting ON STAGE, at www.shoalsonstage.org. or calling the Kennedy-Douglass for the Arts at (256)760-6379.  Information is also available by contacting the ASO box office at (205) 251-7727 or visiting www.alabamasymphony.org.

The Alabama Symphony Orchestra has entertained audiences for over 70 years, playing a variety of classical and popular musical compositions and hosting performances by some of the finest guest artists in the world.  The 54 talented musicians of the ASO bring to life some of the world’s most treasured musical masterpieces and introduce listeners to exciting new works and composers, performing over 100 concerts for more than 100,000 persons annually.

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