Symphony performance features Cyrano's Actors' Interlude.

• Author: Pounds, Nancy
• Position: ENTERTAINMENT

The Anchorage Symphony Orchestra will perform major pieces from composers Felix Mendelssohn and Anton Bruckner for this month's classic concert, "Epic Evening." The concert begins at 8 p.m. Nov. 10 at the Alaska Center for the Performing Arts Atwood Concert Hall.

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Elmar Oliveira will be the featured guest violinist. He will accompany the symphony's performance of Mendelssohn's Violin Concerto. Oliveira previously performed in Alaska at the Sitka Music Festival in September.

"These are two very epic pieces," says Jennifer Cargile, ASO's director of marketing and public relations.

The Mendelssohn Violin Concerto is upbeat and is considered a significant piece for symphony violinists to play, Cargile says. Actors from Cyrano's Off Center Playhouse in Anchorage will...