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FABIO LUISI conducts
LEONIDAS KAVAKOS violin

BEETHOVEN Overture to Egmont
TCHAIKOVSKY Concerto in D Major for Violin and Orchestra

Characterized by ravishingly beautiful passages, graceful melodies and deeply felt passion, Tchaikovsky’s masterpiece has spoken to the heart of generations of adoring audiences. Leonidas Kavakos, our Artist-in-Residence, steps into the spotlight at our celebratory Gala. Whether this is the first or 50th time you’ve heard this masterpiece, the soloist says, “each and every time the listener goes away taking something new and something fresh and something beautiful with them. That is what a great piece of art is all about.” Opening this festive occasion is the Egmont Overture, named for the title character of Goethe’s play. The stirring music reflects the nobility of the man who dies a hero to his people.

This concert celebrates the DSO’s 125th Anniversary. In 1961 the legendary Georg Solti conducted Beethoven’s Overture to Egmont on his first subscription concert as music director in the DSO’s former concert hall, McFarlin Memorial Auditorium.