Nikolai Rimsky-Korsakov was quite proud of his stirring Quintet for Piano and Winds in B-flat major. He wrote in his autobiography: "The finale, Allegretto vivace, I wrote in rondo form. Of interest is the middle section where I wrote cadenzas for the flute, the clarinet and the horn to be played in turns. Each was in the character of the instrument and each was interrupted by the bassoon entering by octave leaps..." Feel the whirling Alegretto of his Quintet in B-flat major for Piano, Flute, Cl

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March into the heart of historic tales, seafaring adventures, and cosmic wonders under the baton of the JUNO® award-winning composer & conductor Dinuk Wijeratne. The program opens with a world premiere arrangement of Wijeratne’s "Two Pop Songs on Antique Poems”. Borodin’s ‘Prince Igor: Polovtsian Dances’ will dazzle with exhilirating spectacle; while Rimsky-Korsakov’s kaleidoscopic 'Scheherazade’ concludes the epic saga of music, myth & magic. 🎥: Rimsky-Korsakov's 'Scheherazade,' performed by S