'Mozart Birthday Bash' By GBS, Saturday

By SHANNON HICKS

Published: Jan 10, 2001 12:00 am

âMozart Birthday Bashâ By GBS, Saturday

BRIDGEPORT â A Mozart celebration will be the theme of Greater Bridgeport Symphonyâs first concert of the new year on Saturday, January 27, the actual date of the composerâs birth 245 years ago. Clarinetist Timothy Carter will be one of the highlights of GBSâ third subscription concert of the season. The 21-year-old performing artist will perform Mozartâs great Clarinet Concerto.

The concertâs full program will also feature Mozartâs Symphonies No. 23 and No. 39 and the overture from his grand opera, La Clemenza di Tito. The 8 pm âMozart Birthday Bash!â will take place at the 936-seat Mertens Theater at the University of Bridgeportâs Bernhard Center. The theater is at the corner of University and Iranistan Avenues.

Tickets are $17 to $47 each, with discounts for students under 18 and groups of ten or more. For reservations and information, call the Greater Bridgeport Symphony office at 203/576-0263 or visit www.bridgeportsymphony.org. The Mertens Theater box office will open one hour prior to the performance.

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