We will ignite our new season with fiery works led by Andrés Cardenes, Conductor and Violin Soloist. Signs of Life II by Russell Peck, rich with engaging rhythms and gorgeous melodic lines, will be followed by Haydn’s exhilarating and volatile Symphony No. 59, nicknamed Fire and the concert concludes with Mozart’s striking and exotic Violin Concerto No. 5.

PROGRAM

PECK

Signs of Life II

HAYDN

Symphony No. 59 "Fire"

MOZART

Violin Concerto No.5

Led by Principal Conductor, Alastair Willis, this concert will take in all the wonders of the Earth. Beginning at Fingal’s Cave off the west coast of Scotland with Mendelssohn’s evocative Hebrides Overture, we’ll continue with a mesmerizing visit to Syria with internationally renowned clarinetist and composer Kinan Azmeh, and conclude with Terra Nostra, an award-winning multimedia symphony by Christophe Chagnard that combines stunning visuals with the power of symphonic music and explores the impact and challenges of climate change.

PROGRAM

MENDELSSOHN

Hebrides Overture

AZMEH

Suite for Improvisor and Orchestra

CHAGNARD

Terra Nostra
~ with poetry by Emily Siff and a film by Charlie Spears from Hullabaloo

Our longtime friend and concertmaster of the Philadelphia Orchestra David Kim will lead The Symphonia performing Jessie Montgomery’s lively Voodoo Dolls, two melodious works by Mozart, and the virtuosic Four Seasons of Buenos Aires by Astor Piazzolla.

Program

MONTGOMERY

Voodoo Dolls

MOZART

Rondo in G major "Haffner"

MOZART

Serenade No. 6, Serenata Notturna, K.239

PIAZZOLLA

Four Seasons of Buenos Aires

Principal Conductor Alastair Willis closes the season with Ethel Smyth’s overture to The Wreckers - a wildly romantic, stirring image of the sea and pirates; DiLorenzo’s Jabberwocky which is based on the nonsensical poem by Lewis Carroll and Beethoven’s glorious Pastoral Symphony.

Program

ETHEL SMYTH

Overture to "The Wreckers" (arr Mark Bueller)

DiLORENZO

Jabberwocky

BEETHOVEN

Pastoral Symphony