Leonard Slatkin and guest artist Marina Piccinini will mesmerize audiences in DSO’s “The Enchanting Flute,” and young people’s concert “Pied Piper”
Concerts to feature DSO Premiere of Corigliano’s Pied Piper Fantasy
DETROIT, (Feb. 22, 2010) – The Detroit Symphony Orchestra (DSO), Music Director, Leonard Slatkin and internationally acclaimed guest flutist Marina Piccinini will welcome audiences of all ages to Orchestra Hall in The Enchanting Flute, and a special Macy’s Super Saturday featuring a Young People’s Concert titled The Pied Piper, conducted by Leonard Slatkin and featuring Piccinini on flute. This Super Saturday will also incorporate The Henry Ford II Fund Tiny Tots Series: Strings and Drums: A New Kind of Family, performed by ensemble Musique Noire at 10 a.m. in The Music Box.
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The Enchanting Flute performances take place at Orchestra Hall on Thu. Mar. 11 at 8 p.m.; Fri., Mar. 12 at 8 p.m.; and Sat., Mar. 13 at 8:30 p.m. and feature Leonard Bernstein’s dazzling Symphonic Dances from West Side Story, Samuel Barber’s Symphony No. 1 (continuing the DSO’s celebration of the 100th anniversary of the composer’s birth), and John Corigliano’s Pied Piper Fantasy. The Macy’s Super Saturday performances take place on Sat., Mar. 13 at 10 a.m. (Tiny Tots concert) and 11 a.m. (Young People’s Concert.)
