On Saturday, November 2 at 8pm, the Ann Arbor Symphony will be presenting a concert at the Michigan Theater. While the headline pieces on the program are Lizst’s Piano Concerto No. 2 and Tchaikovsky’s Symphony No. 5, I’m actually most excited for Wang Jie’s Symphonic Overture on “America the Beautiful. On their website, the A2SO invites audience members to “soar through the Rocky Mountains to the Garden of Gods and atop Pikes Peak” in this piece. It combines a “majestic fugue which traces the silhouette of this prominent peak with faint echos of the familiar patriotic song written atop the same mountain.” While there aren’t any mountains to visit in Ann Arbor, musical evocations of them might be the next best thing!
This event is on the Passport to the Arts, so pick up a voucher for a free ticket on the night of the concert! Alternatively, tickets can be purchased online on the A2SO’s website.
