“ ‘Da-da-da-DUM’ will mark the beginning of Kentucky Symphony’s next free concert in Devou Park—and the beginning of the Beethoven 5k as the KSO offers a symphonic fitness and participation program as part of Covington’s Outdoor Weekend,” reads an unsigned article in Friday’s (7/28) River City News (northern Kentucky). The August 5 program is “a 5K run and boot camp workout for those so inclined and a delightful outdoor evening concert of popular classics for the rest of us. Count KSO music director and maestro J.R. Cassidy among ‘the rest of us,’ although he’ll be getting a workout at the podium…. The concert theme is ‘Fit as a Fiddle’ with the [opening movement] of Beethoven’s 5th Symphony and the Beethoven 5K…. The trick is to beat Beethoven and the KSO back to the band shell before the final note.” After intermission, a “Sweatin’ to the Symphony” boot-camp will feature “a 50-minute workout with ‘a high intensity interval training with elements of circuit training, plyometrics, vinyasa, power flow yoga, and core training.’ Audience members are also welcome to sit back in their lawn chairs or on their blankets and [listen to] well-known classics by Bizet, Mozart, Tchaikovsky, Rossini, Brahms and more.”
Posted August 1, 2017
