BROOKLYN METRO CHAMBER ORCHESTRA PERFORMING
MOZART, BEETHOVEN and WAGNER
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By Camille Sperrazza
If you think you may not enjoy listening
to classical music, perhaps it’s simply
because you haven’t really experienced it.
Take advantage of the opportunity
to do so.
The Brooklyn Metro Chamber
Orchestra (previously called Metro
Chamber Orchestra) will perform Mozart,
Beethoven, and Wagner on Sunday, Feb.
9, at 4 pm, at the sanctuary of St. Ann
and the Holy Trinity, 157 Montague St.
in Brooklyn Heights.
Tickets can be purchased online at the
website, www.brooklynmco.org, or in
person on the day of the concert. They
range in price from $25-$40. Children
5-12 years old are free.
Melody English, General Director of
the Chamber, says, “You don’t know
until you come and experience a
concert, and hear the music ringing
for a walk in the woods or reading
a book. “We want to provide that
The mission is to develop and sustain
an orchestra of the highest artistic
standards in Brooklyn, and to enrich
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The program opens with Mozart’s
Symphony No. 25 in g minor. A young
American virtuoso, Maryam Raya, will
join the Chamber for Mozart’s Piano
Concerto No 25 in c minor. Having
recently made her Carnegie Hall debut,
Ms. Raya’s dazzling technique will be
on full display.
Also joining Maestro Phil Nuzzo,
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Chamber will conclude the program with
the iconic, Prelude and Liebestod from
Wagner’s Tristan und Isolde.
The Brooklyn Metro Chamber
Orchestra is comprised of freelance
musicians, who work under the guidance
of Nuzzo. Many are veterans of the New
York Philharmonic and The Metropolitan
Opera Orchestra.
Nuzzo has performed throughout the
Far East, Europe, and the United States.
He has appeared with major symphonies
in Vienna, Austria, and the Ukraine, to
name a few.
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Brooklyn Metro Chamber Orchestra
www.Brooklynmco.org, (208) 863-
9043, BrooklynMCO@gmail.com
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