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Excerpt from The Columbus Dispatch By Jennifer Hambrick Symphony Orchestra Music Director Rossen Milanov led the orchestra and violin soloist Leila Josefowicz in performances of contemporary composer Thomas Adès Violin Concerto “Concentric Paths” and Mahler’s Fifth Symphony that took the spiritual idea of journeying to transcendent heights. Just as the proverbial journey of a thousand miles …

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This past week in Asturias, Spain, Rossen conducted the Orquesta Sinfónica del Principado de Asturias in Szymanowski’s version of Stabat Mater. These concerts were supported by Ewa Tracz, soprano; David Menendez, baritone; and the chorus of the Fundación Princesa de Asturias. This concert was performed to observe and celebrate Semana Santa (Easter week) in Spain. Also on the program was Los …

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Excerpt from "The Columbus Dispatch" by Peter Tonguette The Columbus Symphony’s latest program, “The Trumpet Shall Sound,” featured a pair of pieces that showed off the instrument to dazzling and diverse effect: Dmitri Shostakovich’s “Piano Concerto No. 1″ and Leos Janacek’s “Sinfonietta.” Featured as a soloist on the first piece was former CSO principal trumpeter George Goad, who, after a …

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