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Hot ticket: Czech orchestra visits

JOHN FLEMING
Published August 5, 2004

Works of Mozart, Corelli, Mendelssohn, Holst, Vivaldi, Sibelius and Czech composer Josef Suk are on the agenda of the Czech Moravian Virtuosi at 8 on Saturday night at Tarpon Springs Performing Arts Center.

The orchestra, based near Prague, is touring Florida as part of Summerfest, the brainchild of James Brooks-Bruzzese, conductor of the Symphony of the Americas in Fort Lauderdale. After 15 concerts around the state, the festival travels to Guatemala, Costa Rica, Nicaragua, Honduras, Argentina and Aruba. $14, $17. (727) 942-5605.

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