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The Roundtable

Albany Symphony's November concerts at Troy Savings Bank Music Hall

By Joe Donahue

Published November 13, 2024 at 11:10 AM EST

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Artwork for the ASO's November 2024 concerts.

On November 16 and 17, the two-time GRAMMY Award-winning Albany Symphony will present a dazzling program at the Troy Savings Banks Music Hall in Troy, New York.

The concerts will include Smetana’s “Moldau,” Joan Tower’s Cello Concerto, “A New Day,” and Dvořák’s Symphony No. 9, “From the New World.”

To tell us more we welcome Music Director David Alan Miller.

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