(Photo: fragment of artwork from the Cairo Opera House's promotional material)
Two matinee concerts with programing tailored for schools will take place on Sunday 29 and Monday 30 March.
The Cairo Symphony Orchestra will play mostly a collection of polkas and waltzes by Johann Strauss II.
The works incude: Fledermaus Overture (Overture to The Bat), Annen Polka, Op. 117 (Anna’s Polka), Leichtes Blut, Polka-schnell, Op. 319 (Light Blood, quick-polka), Vergnugunzug, Polka-schnell, Op. 281 (Pleasure Train quick-polka), Unter Donner und Blitz, Polka-schnell, Op 324 (Thunder and Lighting, quick-polka), Geschichten aus dem Wienerwald Waltzer, Op. 325 (Tales from the Vienna Wood, waltz), Tritsch-Teasch-Polka, Op. 214, Accelerationen Waltzer, Op. 234 (Accelerations waltz), Perpetuum mobile, Op. 257, Kaiser Walzer, Op. 437 (Emperor Waltz)
Program:
Sunday 29 and Monday 30 March, 11am
Cairo Opera House, small hall, Zamalek
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