Press Release: LCO presents “Passions” at Frederick Douglass High School

LEXINGTON, KY (Jan. 30, 2024) — The Lexington Community Orchestra (LCO) presents an afternoon of classical music at 3:00pm on Sunday, Feb. 18 at Frederick Douglass High School. 
The program, entitled “Passions,” includes music from the late-Romantic period of classical music: Jean Sibelius’s Karelia Overture, Maurice Ravel’s Pavane for a Dead Princess and Pyotr Ilyich Tchaikovsky’s Symphony No. 6 (also called “Pathetique” or “The Passionate Symphony.”) The woodwind and brass musicians will be featured in a performance of Paul Dukas’s Fanfare pour La Peri.
This is the first time the group will be performing at Frederick Douglass High School auditorium.
All LCO concerts are free and open to the public. To learn more about this group of volunteer musicians, visit www.lexingtoncommunityorchestra.org.

When:     Sunday, Feb. 18 at 3:00pm
Where:     Frederick Douglass High School Auditorium (2000 Winchester Rd.)
Program:    

• Karelia Overture (Sibelius)
• Pavane for a Dead Princess (Ravel)
• Fanfare pour La Peri (Dukas)
• Symphony No. 6 “Pathetique” (Tchaikovsky)
  

Cost:         Free of charge
The Lexington Community Orchestra is a nonprofit arts organization of volunteer musicians committed to bringing classical music to central Kentuckians free of charge. LCO is on Facebook and Instagram.