What's Interesting About This Program
- “Spellbinding” (New York Times) violinist Alexi Kenney leads a Baroque-style, conductor-less performance of Vivaldi’s iconic Four Seasons plus George Walker’s hauntingly beautiful, best known, and most-performed work Lyric for Strings.
- Music Director Donato Cabrera returns to center stage after intermission to conduct Jessie Montgomery’s Starburst and Schubert’s Death and the Maiden, arranged by Mahler, who blew up Schubert’s quartet piece for string orchestra in this arrangement. The piece explores the range of human emotions, from dark and heavy to positive and optimistic.
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Making Concerts Fun
This isn’t your grandma’s orchestra! We like to do things a little differently...
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Free pre-concert talk with Maestro Cabrera begins an hour before the show -
Phones on and silent allowed -
Clap when you like what you hear
The Program
WalkerLyric for Strings
VivaldiThe Four Seasons
MontgomeryStarburst
SchubertDeath and the Maiden (arr. Mahler)
Featured Artists
- Artistic and Music Director, Donato Cabrera
- Alexi Kenney, violin
What You'll Hear
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