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INSTRUMENTALLY SPEAKING

Get the whole picture with Instrumentally Speaking, the WSO’s pre-concert talks.

These interesting and informative talks are held an hour before the start of each BMO Financial Group Masterworks concert inside the Chrysler Theatre, and 35 minutes prior to the evening performance of each Southland Insurance Intimate Classics concert at Assumption University’s Freed-Orman Centre.

Maestro Russell has made arrangements with guest artists, conductors, composers and music specialists to offer their insights in an informal and informative way. Questions are welcome!

Friday, September 26, 2008
Southland Insurance Intimate Classics
Mozart & Morawetz
Instrumentally Speaking — at 6:55 p.m.
Inside the Freed-Orman Centre with Maestro John Morris Russell

Saturday, October 11, 2008
BMO Financial Group Masterworks
Beethoven Breaks Out
Instrumentally Speaking — 7:00 p.m.
Inside the Chrysler Theatre with WSO Assistant Conductor Peter Wiebe

Friday, October 24, 2008
Southland Insurance Intimate Classics
England: Home of the Heart
Instrumentally Speaking — at 6:55 p.m.
Inside the Freed-Orman Centre with WSO Assistant Conductor Peter Wiebe

Friday, November 21, 2008
Southland Insurance Intimate Classics
Bach Takes Flight
Instrumentally Speaking — at 6:55 p.m.
Inside the Freed-Orman Centre with Guest Conductor and Pianist Ian Parker

Saturday, December 6, 2008
BMO Financial Group Masterworks
Russian Romance
Instrumentally Speaking — 7:00 p.m.
Inside the Chrysler Theatre with Composer Brent Lee and Violist Alexander Mishnaevski