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Get ready for an evening of Sax + Romance with your Illinois Symphony Orchestra

Dance into Valentine’s Day with our Love Notes concert, an irresistible blend of energy, passion, and musical flirtation. We open with Bernstein’s playful and spirited Three Dance Episodesfrom On the Town, bursting with rhythm and charm.  Then sparks fly as dynamic saxophone duo Valentine Kovalev and Aiwen Zhang make their debut in Carr’s sultry Concerto for Two Saxophones, a work that smolders with rich colors and intimate musical interplay.  We close with the sweeping emotion of Tchaikovsky’s Fifth