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Wagner Society of Northern California – All Wagner Concert

May 28, 2017 - 11:00 am - May 29, 2017 - 1:00 am

The Wagner Society of Northern California
A Special Concert Celebration for the  204th Birthday Anniversary of Richard Wagner
 
Registration fee $35.00 – on-line ordering llink is at the  BOTTOM OF THIS PAGE
 
The Society has engaged pianists Steven Bailey and William Wellborn who will perform a concert of Wagner and Wagner transcriptions for piano. 
THE PROGRAM WILL INCLUDE:

Wagner-Liszt Spinning Chorus from the Flying Dutchman

Wagner-Liszt Senta’s Ballad from The Flying Dutchman

Wagner-Liszt Elsa’s Procession to the Cathedral from Lohengrin

Wagner-Liszt/Moszkowski/Bailey Tannhäuser Overture “Paris” version

Wagner-Liszt – Isolde’s Liebestod from Tristan und Isolde

Wagner: Sonata in B-Flat Major (1831) III – Menuetto

Liszt: RW-Venezia (1883)

Liszt: La lugubre Gondola I (1882)

Liszt: Am Grabe Richard Wagners (1883)

Faure/Messager: Souvenirs de Bayreuth for piano, four hands
 
A festive reception will follow the concert in the St. Mark’s Lutheran Church Community Hall on the lower level, immediately after the concert.
 
Mark your calendar for:
MAY 28TH 2017
4:00p.m. to 6:00 p.m.
doors open 3:30 – open seating
 
 

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Start:
May 28, 2017 - 11:00 am
End:
May 29, 2017 - 1:00 am

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The Wagner Society of Northern California<br /> Celebrates the 204th Birthday Anniversary of Richard Wagner<br /> Presented at St. Mark's Lutheran Church<br /> 1111 O'Farrell Street<br /> San Francisco, CA 94109

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