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Concerts · Roanoke Symphony Orchestra

Saturday, May 8, 2027 · 7:30 PM

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Roanoke Symphony Orchestra · Berglund Performing Arts Theatre · Roanoke, Virginia

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  1. Richard Strauss Till Eulenspiegels lustige Streiche, Op. 28, Trv171
  2. Claude Debussy Rhapsody, for alto saxophone and orchestra, L.98
  3. Sergei Rachmaninoff Symphony No. 2 in E minor, Op. 27

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Running time: about 1 h 35 min including an intermission (estimate from the works' usual timings; not every piece has one)

Worth the drive: Richard Strauss's orchestral tone poem tells the story of a legendary German trickster through a full orchestra, prized for its wit, virtuosity, and vivid storytelling without words. More about Richard Strauss's Till Eulenspiegels lustige Streiche, Op. 28, Trv171 →

About this concert

David Stewart Wiley leads the Roanoke Symphony in Strauss's mischievous tone poem Till Eulenspiegel and Rachmaninoff's sweeping Symphony No. 2, with saxophonist Sheldon Johnson featured in Debussy's Rhapsody for Alto Saxophone and Orchestra.

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