Shostakovich concerto to open
Manitoba Chamber Orchestra season!

One of Canada’s most gifted pianists will perform one of the great piano concertos of the 20th century — with trumpet soloist Brian Sykora. Plus, three mainstays of the chamber music repertoire! Conductor Michael Lankester hasworked closely with three leading British composers: William Walton, Michael Tippett and Benjamin Britten.

Benjamin Britten
Simple Symphony

Dmitri Shostakovich
Concerto for piano, trumpet and strings, op. 35

Wolfgang Amadeus Mozart
Divertimento in B flat major (k137)

Piotr Ilyich Tchaikovsky
Serenade for strings

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