Imaginary Concert No 2

Resounding Echoes proudly presents (more or less)
Imaginary Concert No 2

Free Admission (see below)
The Invisible Pavilion
Oblivionopolis June 30 (when the rain stops)

Sergei Prokofiev: Five Akhmatova Songs, Op 27 (1917)
Galina Vishnevskaya, soprano
Mstislav Rostropovich, piano

Stefan Wolpe: Symphony (1956)
The Orchestra of the 20th Century / Arthur Weisberg

Sven-Erik Bäck: String Quartet No 3 (1962)
Frydén Quartet

Tōru Takemitsu: Stanza II (1971)
Ursula Holliger, harp

Patrons wishing to leave the auditorium before the performance has terminated, must pay a deposit (which shall not be returned) and exit the building via the window in the Gents' Bathroom which is located on the twelfth floor. Happy listening.

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