The Kentucky Symphony Orchestra is ready to kick off its upcoming 28th annual Summer Series. Musical events are scheduled to be held on July 9 and 10 with a parade of “marches across history.”
On July 9, the event will be held at the Devou Park Band Shell in Covington beginning at 7:30 p.m. On July 10, the event will be held at Fort Thomas’ Tower Park Amphitheater beginning at 7:30 p.m. The concerts and parking are free.
The event planners recommend seniors and others who want to avoid crowds to attend the Saturday, 10 a.m. dress rehearsal at Devou Park. Others can join the program streamed live at 7:30 p.m. Sunday, July 10, from Tower Park.
The TANK park and ride shuttle will depart from Covington Catholic High School in Park Hills starting at 6 p.m. The ride will cost $1 each way. There will be food trucks on-site at both parks. The event planners advise bringing blankets, picnics or lawn chairs.
KSO Summer Series program:
Julius Fucik Entry of the Gladiators
Richard Wagner “ Arrival of the Guests” from Tannhäuser
Piotr Tchaikovsky March from The Nutcracker
Mendelssohn “Wedding March” from A Midsummer Night’s Dream
Carl Nielsen Oriental Festive March from Aladdin
Henry Fillmore “Rolling Thunder “
Charles Gounod “Funeral March of a Marionette”
Johann Strauss I Radetzky March
Percy Grainger “Children’s March”
Hector Berlioz “March to the Scaffold” from Symphonie Fantastique
Edward Elgar Pomp & Circumstance March No. 1
Intermission
John Williams “Imperial March” from Star Wars
Miklos Rozsa “March Intermezzo” from El Cid
E. Bernstein “March” from The Great Escape
William Walton Granada Prelude
Alfred Newman “Conquest” from Captain of Castile
John Philip Sousa “Stars and Stripes Forever”
Williams Superman March
The march dates back to the 1500s during the time of the Ottoman Empire. The music was used by the Turks as a way to communicate marching and maneuver orders to their armies. The cadence of the march was used to generate fear to enemies as the drums and cymbals signaled the approaching army. When the Ottomans swept over Europe in the 1700s, they brought this type of music with them. The music influenced European composers and ceremonial music at the time.
