Patch Readers Can See This DSO Show For Free

METRO DETROIT, MI — The Detroit Symphony Orchestra (DSO) is returning to seven Metro Detroit venues as the 2019 William Davidson Neighborhood Concert Series gets underway and Patch readers are getting in on one of the shows for free.

Over two consecutive weekends, the symphony will appear at community venues in Southfield, Clinton Township, Beverly Hills, West Bloomfield, Plymouth, Bloomfield Hills, and Grosse Pointe, performing concert programs designed specifically for the Series.

Using the promo code SOUTHFIELD, readers can receive up to two (2) free tickets to the Jan. 10 neighborhood concert in Southfield. To redeem the free tickets, visit dso.org and enter the promo code or call the Box Office at 313-576-5111.

For the first set of shows, Ken-David Masur will conduct the DSO in a program that includes Glinka’s Overture to Russlan and Ludmilla, Tchaikovsky’s Symphony No. 2 (the “Little Russian”), and Dvořák’s Cello Concerto (with featured soloist Edgar Moreau). The performances mark the DSO debuts of both Masur (recently appointed music director of the Milwaukee Symphony Orchestra) and Moreau.

Here's the schedule:
- Thursday, January 10 at 7:30 p.m. at Congregation Shaarey Zedek in Southfield
- Friday, January 11 at 8 p.m. at Macomb Center for the Performing Arts in Clinton Township
- Sunday, January 13 at 3 p.m. at Seligman Performing Arts Center (on the campus of Detroit Country Day School) in Beverly Hills

During the second weekend, Principal Cello Wei Yu (James C. Gordon Chair) will be featured soloist on Saint-Saëns’s Cello Concerto, conducted by Pablo Rus Broseta. Broseta, making his DSO debut, will also lead the orchestra on Stravinsky’s String Concerto in D and Beethoven’s Symphony No. 2.

Here are the show times:
- Thursday, January 17 at 7:30 p.m. at the Berman Center for the Performing Arts in West Bloomfield
- Friday, January 18 at 8 p.m. at Plymouth First United Methodist Church in Plymouth
- Saturday, January 19 at 8 p.m. at Kirk in the Hills Presbyterian Church in Bloomfield Hills
- Sunday, January 13 at 3 p.m. at Our Lady Star of the Sea in Grosse Pointe

An hour prior to each performance, DSO Acting Assistant Conductor Yaniv Segal will present a pre-concert lecture about the program.

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