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10/15/2017 Program notes
Metropolitan Symphony Orchestra William Schrickel, Music Director Sunday, October 15, 2017—4:00 PM St. Andrew’s Lutheran Church, Mahtomedi, Minnesota William Schrickel, conductor Dominick Argento, composer Maria Jette, soprano Jake Endres, baritone Vern Sutton, tenor & stage director Program Leonard Bernstein: Suite from Candide You Were Dead, You Know/Paris Waltz Bon Voyage/Drowning Music/The Kings’ Barcarolle Ballad of…
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“A Few Words About Chekhov” program notes
Dominick Argento (b. 1927) is the Composer Laureate of the Metropolitan Symphony Orchestra. He lives in Minneapolis and taught composition at the University of Minnesota for 40 years. He was the first recipient of the McKnight Distinguished Artist Award, given in recognition of his lifelong contribution to the arts in Minnesota. He won the Pulitzer…