Live music will be heard in Meadowlark Botanical Gardens through a unique partnership. A series of live concerts will be performed in a socially distancing environment in recognition of COVID-19 health and safety requirements and Commonwealth of Virginia guidelines with the combined forces of the Virginia Chamber Orchestra and NOVA Parks.
According to connectionnewspapers.com, "For the opening concert on Sept, 6, Music of Beethoven, Bartok, Puccini, Piazzolla, and Arlen will be spotlighted. In a special duo, Jennifer Rickard, who has served both as VCO Assistant Concertmaster and as Principal Second Violin, will be joined by her husband, flutist and saxophonist Andrew Axelrad. He recently retired from the Airmen of Note."
As per connectionnewspapers.com, "Music of Mozart, Beethoven and Osman Kivrak will be spotlighted at the Sept. 13 concert. The duo of VCO Concertmaster Teri Lazar and her husband, Principal VCO Violist, Osman Kivrak, will perform Kivrak’s composition for violin and viola, “Uzun Haza,” which was inspired by Turkish folk music. Selections from Handel, Mozart, Beethoven, John Clayton, and Robert Oppelt will be featured at the Sept. 20 concert. VCO Principal Flute Nicolette Oppelt and her husband bassist Robert Oppelt will be featured in Oppelt’s “Pas de Deux” for Flute and Double Bass."
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