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European iconoclasts meet American masters. Composer Franz Berwald—an erstwhile orthopedic surgeon—stood apart from the early Romantic mainstream, cultivating a distinctly eccentric voice with his overture to Estrella de Soria. Sergei Prokofiev's Violin Concerto No. 1, an early work from the so-called "bad boy of Russian music," conjures a dreamlike sound world, interweaving introspective lyricism with flashes of steely virtuosity. Completing the program are two pillars of 1940s Americana: the orchestral suite from Aaron Copland's iconic ballet Appalachian Spring and the probing musical argument of Samuel Barber's Second Essay for Orchestra.

PROGRAM:

KEY The Star-Spangled Banner [Running Time 2']

Franz BERWALD Overture to Estrella de Soria [8']

COPLAND Appalachian Spring Suite [23']

——intermission——

PROKOFIEV Violin Concerto No. 1 in D, Op. 19 [22'] Alexi Kenney, violin

BARBER Second Essay for Orchestra, Op. 17 [10']

Tickets: Tier 1 $90 / Tier 2 $70 / Tier 3 $50 / Student, Teachers & Military $12 (Tier 3 only)