European music day: heroes by Various, Dv. 21 Juny 2019, De (2019/2019), Director musical Lisa Xanthopoulou, Thessaloniki Concert Hall, Thessaloniki, Greece

After the recent successful co-production of the Thessaloniki Music Hall and the Directorate of Culture and Tourism of the Municipality of Thessaloniki last March 2019 with the presentation of musical compositions from modern Video Games, the two organizations are once again bringing together their musical ensembles, the Symphony Orchestra of the Municipality of Thessaloniki and the MOYSA Symphony Thessaloniki Youth Orchestra to offer the public of the city a brilliant concert, a great musical celebration in the framework of the European Music Day without an entrance ticket. A musical feast of works with a common theme and the title HEROES . In the first part of the concert, the revolutionary Symphony no. 3 , Heroicof L. v. Beethoven, originally dedicated to Napoleon the Great. In the second part, two movements from the symphonic suite of the ballet Rodeo by the American composer Aaron Copland will be performed. The play describes the life of Cowboys and Cowgirls, while it includes old American folk tunes such as the then well-known folk song The Retreat of Bonaparte . In this tune, the youngest members of MOYSA will participate in a surprise role. In the finale of the concert, the myth of the legendary revolutionary hero of Thracian origin Spartacus will be brought to life, through four parts from the suites of the ballet Spartacus by Aram Khachaturian .