Dayton Philharmonic Orchestra Classical Concert Thursday April 26 and Saturday April 28 at 8 PM at the Schuster Center Features Midwest Premiere

DAYTON, OH. (Top40 Charts/ Dayton Philharmonic Orchestra) - On Thursday and Saturday evenings, April 26 and 28 respectively, at 8 pm at the Schuster Center, the Dayton Philharmonic Orchestra presents a musical tour of all the planets, including the one on which we live (but excluding Pluto).

The program begins with a DPO co-commission: the Symphony No. 1 by South Carolinian Meira Warshauer, entitled Living, Breathing Earth. Performed in celebration of Earth Day on April 22, this concert celebrates what Warshauer calls, "The symbiosis of earth; all creatures, plants, and animals pulsating with the breath of life."

Extending this homage to Mother Earth, Bosnian Guitarist Almer Imamovic joins DPO Music Director Neal Gittleman for Joaquin Rodrigo's Concierto de Aranjuez, a love song for his native Spain.

Then, the Women of the Dayton Philharmonic Chorus join Gittleman and the DPO to perform Gustav Holst's orchestral composition The Planets. With the exception of Earth and Pluto, each planet in our solar system has its own movement in Holst's composition.

At 7 pm in the Mead Theatre, Neal Gittleman will conduct a Take Note discussion, with special guest, composer Meira Warshauer.