FOR IMMEDIATE RELEASE

MEDIA CALL:
Friday, March 5, 2010
10:00 a.m. to 11:00 a.m.

If you’d like to schedule an interview, please contact:

Cheryl Waldner, WSO Communications Coordinator
949-3970
communications@wso.mb.ca

Please enter through backstage entrance of the Centennial Concert Hall.

The Winnipeg Symphony Orchestra is integral to Winnipeg's rich cultural life, delighting more than 100,000 audience members each year with innovative programming and musical excellence. The WSO presents educational programs for more than 25,000 students annually and tours outside the city reaching out to communities across Manitoba.

The WSO Inspired By Love For Two Passionate Concerts!

Winnipeg, MB – March 2, 2010 – Inspired by music about lovers, the Winnipeg Symphony Orchestra (WSO) presents two passionate concerts this weekend: Dangerous Liaisons (March 5) and One Thousand and One Arabian Nights (March 6)!

The Musically Speaking and Masterworks programs, conducted by WSO Music Director Alexander Mickelthwate, will both feature some of the most emotional, romantic and tumultuous pieces of our time. We will explore the folklore behind the music including Rimsky-Korsakov’s Scheherazade, the story of a woman who told stories so captivating that they saved her life and captured the love of a King. Both evenings’ concerts will be filled with colourful, sensuous and exotic sounds, overflowing with luxurious passion!

Bartok’s lyrical Piano Concerto No. 3 is also on the program, with sensational German pianist Andreas Boyde. His wide-ranging repertoire encompasses all major areas of the piano literature, and has enabled him to appear as soloist with such renowned orchestras as the London Philharmonic Orchestra, the Bamberger Symphoniker, the Hallé Orchestra Manchester and many others.

The WSO performs the Musically Speaking concert, Dangerous Liaisons, on Friday, March 5 at the Centennial Concert Hall at 8 pm. Tickets range from $18 to $61.

The WSO also performs the Masterworks concert, One Thousand and One Arabian Nights, on Saturday, March 6 at 8 pm at the Centennial Concert Hall. Tickets range from $18 to $75.

Tickets for both concerts are available through the WSO box office at 949-3999, online at wso.ca or through Ticketmaster 780-3333 or ticketmaster.ca.

Click here to listen to an interview with pianist Andreas Boyde on Musically Speaking with the WSO on CJOB 68.

- 30 -