{"nodes":[{"node":{"nid":"82806","title":"ASU Symphony Orchestra featuring Cathal Breslin","campus":"Off campus","locations":"Tempe Center for the Arts","college_unit":"Herberger Institute for Design and the Arts, School of Music, Dance and Theatre","department":"School of Music, Dance and Theatre","field_cost_value":"$15, plus any applicable ticketing fees","event_price_level":"$15, plus any applicable ticketing fees","asu_events_price_desc":"$15, plus any applicable ticketing fees","body_summary":"\u003Cp\u003EThe ASU Symphony Orchestra as kicks off its season with a program that spans centuries and moods \u003C\/p\u003E","full_body":"\u003Cp\u003EThe ASU Symphony Orchestra as kicks off its season with a program that spans centuries and moods \u2014 from Gra\u017cyna Bacewicz\u0027s punchy, rhythmic Overture to Jessie Montgomery\u0027s vibrant, folk-inflected Strum, capped by Brahms\u0027s inventive Variations on a Theme by Haydn, alongside Prokofiev\u0027s thunderous, fiendishly virtuosic Piano Concerto No. 2, featuring world-renowned pianist and ASU faculty member Cathal Breslin. 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