Sunday, May 18, 2025 @ 2:30-5:00 PM Live & Livestream
An Uncommon Thread ~ Warmth and Expression
COREY GEMMELL and BENJAMIN SMITH, violin & piano
with the Burlington Symphony Orchestra Principal String Quartet
Duration: 2 hours including intermission
PROGRAMME:
Edward Elgar ~ Violin Sonata in E Minor, Op. 82
George Gershwin, transcribed by Jascha Heifetz ~ Porgy & Bess
-Intermission-
Johannes Brahms ~ Piano Quintet in F Minor, Op. 34 – the BSO Principal String Quartet with Benjamin Smith, piano
Porgy & Bess selections: Summertime – A Woman Is A Sometime Thing / My Man’s Gone Now / It Ain’t Necessarily So / Bess, You Is My Woman Now / Tempo di Blues
Presented in partnership with
Sponsored in part by Nadine McLean
In-person and Livestream Tickets Now Available! $30 regular, $20 students, $20 video link only (access for 14 days). All ticket types receive access to the video for 14 days. Tickets are also available by cash or cheque (payable to West Plains United Church) from Wendy at the West Plains United Church office, 549 Plains Road West, Burlington, on Tuesdays/Wednesdays/Thursdays, 9 a.m. to 1 p.m.
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The Burlington Symphony Principal String Quartet : Corey Gemmell, Paul Barna, Elspeth Thomson, Gordon Cleland
Corey Gemmell, Violin, and Benjamin Smith, Piano
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