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Pianist Shai Wosner Performs in Ithaca with the CCO

By Bill Snyder | November 22, 2019

Cornelia Laemmli Orth

Pianist Shai Wosner is soloist in this weekend’s concert by the Cayuga Chamber Orchestra. We hear from Music Director Cornelia Laemmli Orth about the program, which features two works by Mozart, as well as music of Joan Tower, and a new work by Christopher Cerrone.

Photo credit: Cayuga Chamber Orchestra

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