Mendelssohn’s Italian Symphony
April 16 – 19, 2026
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ANA MARÍA PATIÑO-OSORIO conducts
JULIAN STECKEL cello
MEREDITH KUFCHAK viola
DVOŘÁK Cello Concerto in B minor
JONATHAN LESHNOFF Four Scenes from Childhood (World Premiere)
MENDELSSOHN Symphony No. 4 in A Major, “Italian”
Not only will you bask in the sunshine of Mendelssohn’s “Italian” Symphony (he dubbed it “blue sky in A Major”), but you’ll also hear two concertos and two soloists! First, Dvořák’s Cello Concerto — intense, charged with emotion and considered by many the greatest ever composed for the instrument — quotes a beautiful Czech folk song in the instrument’s most ethereal range; and our Principal Viola Meredith Kufchak gives the world premiere of a concerto by Jonathan Leshnoff, a GRAMMY®-nominated composer ranked among the most-performed living composers by American orchestras. It’s all under the exciting leadership of Ana María Patiño-Osorio, second-prize winner at the Malko Competition for conductors, in her DSO debut.
PERFORMANCE PRELUDES
Join us for a special pre-concert talk with Assistant Conductor Shira Samuels-Shragg! The talks will take place from Horchow Hall starting at 6:30pm each concert evening and 1:00pm on Sunday.
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