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Rick Steves, America’s leading authority on European travel, teams up with the Fort Wayne Philharmonic for an inspirational musical journey. The tour begins in the United States and then touches down in eight different European countries. The concert celebrates music’s power to stir the patriotic… Read moreShow less
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Rick Steves, America’s leading authority on European travel, teams up with the Fort Wayne Philharmonic for an inspirational musical journey. The tour begins in the United States and then touches down in eight different European countries. The concert celebrates music’s power to stir the patriotic soul. Playing musical tour guide, Steves utilizes his extensive knowledge of European history and culture to set the context for each piece. Then, with the help of evocative video images from his public television series, the orchestra performs a selection of stirring 19th-century anthems by Romantic-era composers, including Grieg, Smetana, Strauss, Saint-Saëns, Elgar, Wagner, and Verdi. Each selection honors a particular nationality, while the finale, Beethoven’s “Ode to Joy” (Europe’s official anthem), pays homage to the continent’s motto of “United in Diversity” and its passion for freedom.
Rick Steves is a popular public television host, a best-selling guidebook author, and an outspoken activist who encourages Americans to broaden their perspectives through travel. He is the founder of Rick Steves’ Europe, a travel business with a small-group tour program that brings 30,000 people to Europe annually. His mission: to equip and inspire Americans to venture beyond Orlando. Rick lives and works in his hometown of Edmonds, Washington, where his office window overlooks his old junior high school.
