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WCPE's "Great Ballet Days"
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Wake Forest, N.C. (September 18, 2012) — Get ready to enjoy some wonderful music as WCPE brings you "Great Ballet Days", Thursday through Sunday (September 20 - 23). We'll feature at least one full-length ballet each day, plus lots of suites and shorter works written for dancing. Great Ballet Days, from the Classical Station, WCPE.
Great Ballet Days - Highlights
Thursday Sept. 20, 10 a.m. — Delibes: "Sylvia"; Razumovsky Sinfonia, Andrew Mogrelia
Friday Sept. 21, 7 p.m. — Prokofiev: "Romeo and Juliet"; San Francisco Symphony Orchestra, Michael Tilson Thomas
Saturday Sept. 22, 12 p.m. — Tchaikovsky: "Sleeping Beauty"; National Philharmonic Orchestra, Richard Bonynge
Saturday Sept. 22, 5 p.m. — Stravinsky: "Petrushka", Cincinnati Symphony Orchestra, Paavo Jarvi
Sunday Sept. 23, 12 p.m. — Adam: "Giselle"; London Symphony Orchestra, Anatole Fistoulari
Sunday Sept. 23, 3 p.m. — Khachaturian: "Gayne"; National Philharmonic Orchestra, Loris Tjeknavorian
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