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Mussorgsky’s Pictures at an Exhibition

You’re invited to Mussorgsky’s musical “gallery crawl,” where you’ll encounter the titular pictures on exhibit, ten in all, plus “traveling music” in-between.

Brahms’ Double Concerto

What do you do if you’ve had a falling-out with a cherished friend and advisor and want to make amends? Well, if you’re Johannes Brahms and violinist Josef Joachim is your friend, a Double Concerto is the perfect peace offering, expressed in musical language.

Alexi Kenney Plays Barber

Rising star violinist Alexi Kenney and Principal Guest Conductor at the Metropolitan Opera Daniele Rustioni join together for one of the most-performed 20th century masterpieces.

Bartók, Rózsa & Brahms

No less a luminary than the legendary violinist Jascha Heifetz and Rózsa’s Violin Concerto, which premiered with the DSO in 1956. This concerto will be heard for the first time in 70 years, performed by a recently discovered young violin sensation!

Mendelssohn’s Italian Symphony

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!

Stravinsky’s The Firebird

Music Director Luisi will step into Stravinsky’s shoes as he conducts a replica of the 1946 concert, when the great composer led the DSO in these very works — an inspired program of quintessentially Russian music.

Beethoven, Bach, Haydn & Mozart

Three spectacular soloists grace this program that follows a thread of musical styles from Baroque to early Classical. Co-concertmaster Nathan Olson is front-and-center in Bach’s Violin Concerto, whose poignant Adagio is one of his most sublime creations, with the solo violin exquisitely embroidering the underlying bass line.

Concert Series: Classical