A Day @ the Orchestra

Classes 1a and 1b took a special trip to the Stefaniensaal to hear the Recreation Orchestra’s dress rehearsal for the ‘Butterfly Lover’s’ program, which took place in April.  Students were able to hear the orchestra rehearse the well-known Carnival of the Animals composed by Saint-Saens, as well as the Butterfly Lovers Violin Concerto, composed by Chinese composers He Zhanhao 何占豪 and Chen Gang 陈钢.  Kirsten Hauser from Styriarte helped prepare students (in 1a) for the event, by answering the students’ many questions about the orchestra, as well as recounting the legend of the ‘Butterfly Lovers’.

Yvette Canizares