South Kansas Symphony to Perform on
Sunday
Winfield, Kan., March 1, 2023 — The South Kansas Symphony will present
“Eau de Musique” on Sunday, March 5, at 3 p.m., in the Richardson Performing
Arts Center at Southwestern College. This performance has been generously
sponsored by Family Wealth Management LLC - Mike and Linda Harvey.
According to director Amber Dahlén Peterson, the theme behind all the
music selections is “water” and will include many pieces familiar to the
audience.
“The concert will open with ‘On the Beautiful Blue Danube,’ one of Johann
Strauss, Jr.'s most popular compositions celebrating the river that runs
through Vienna, Austria,” Peterson says. “Georg Frideric Handel's ‘Water
Music’ will be featured next. This music was originally composed to accompany
King George I as he traveled on the river Thames. The concert will continue on
with ‘O Waly, Waly’ from John Rutter's ‘Suite for Strings.’ Audiences will
recognize this movement more as the folk song ‘The Water is Wide.’ The concert
will conclude with Robert W. Smith's Symphony No. 2 ‘The Odyssey.’ Audiences
will definitely want to see all the unusual sound effects used by the composer
to depict this mythological tale.”
Tickets for this concert are $10 for adults, $5 for children (age 5-18),
and free for younger children, as well as Southwestern College faculty, staff,
and students. The South Kansas Symphony, currently conducted by Amber Dahlén
Peterson, brings together community members and Southwestern College and high
school students to provide orchestral performances to the South Central Kansas
area
