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Portland Chamber Orchestra to Premiere Schwartz Concerto Mar. 29

Story posted March 26, 2008

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Elliott Schwartz is Bowdoin's Robert K. Beckwith Professor of Music Emeritus.

The world premiere of a new violin concerto by Elliott Schwartz is among the highlights of a Bowdoin concert by the Portland Chamber Orchestra, under the direction of Robert Lehman, at 3 p.m. Saturday, March 29, 2008, in Studzinski Recital Hall, Kanbar Auditorium.

The distinguished British violinist Peter Sheppard Skaerved will be the soloist in Schwartz's concerto, which is titled Chamber Concerto VI: Mr. Jefferson.

The program will also include the Orchestra's performance of Bach's Suite No. 2 and Saint-Saëns' Carnival of the Animals, the latter of which will feature English professor William Watterson's reading of poetry by Ogden Nash.

The concert is open to the public and admission is free. For more information call the Bowdoin Department of Music at 725-3747.

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