SOI Spring 2019: Peshkar and Scheherazade

Symphony Orchestra of India

Zane Dalal, conductor
Zakir Hussain, tabla

Programme:
Berlioz: Roman Carnival Overture
Hussain: Peshkar, concerto for tabla and orchestra (SOI Commission)
Rimsky-Korsakov: Scheherazade

SOI Associate Music Director Zane Dalal will lead the concert on February 16, opening with the Roman Carnival Overture by Hector Berlioz. The concert will include Zakir Hussain’s Peshkar, a concerto for tabla and orchestra, commissioned by the SOI in 2015, and which received rave reviews when performed by the SOI on tour in Switzerland. The concert will close with Rimsky-Korsakov’s Scheherazade, a symphonic suite based on One Thousand and One Nights (also known as The Arabian Nights). Considered the composer’s most popular work, Scheherazade  features the dazzling and colourful orchestraion for which Rimsky-Korsakov is highly regarded.

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This performance runs approximately 110 minutes, with one intermission.

Season Discount:
For the SOI Spring 2019 season of the Symphony Orchestra of India, we are offering patrons who purchase tickets for each of the three concerts (4th February, 9th OR 10th February, 16th February) a 10% discount on their purchase.
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Student Discount:
A 50% student discount for the SOI Spring 2019 Season concerts (4th February, 9th February, 10th February & 16th February). Please note that there will be a limit on the number of discounted transactions per concert. Only one discounted seat per transaction will be permitted.
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