TABITA BERGLUND conducts
MELISSA WHITE violin

TCHAIKOVSKY Romeo and Juliet Fantasy Overture
SOPHIA JANI Concerto for Violin and Orchestra (World Premiere)
RACHMANINOFF Symphonic Dances

Romance your Valentine at the DSO with the impassioned music of Tchaikovsky’s timeless tragedy of Romeo and Juliet. Tabita Berglund returns to lead the kaleidoscopic Symphonic Dances by the last of the Russian Romantics, Rachmaninoff. It’s his last, and many believe his greatest, work. Listen for the haunting alto saxophone solo, mysterious tubular bells, evocations of Russian Orthodox chants, a thundering Dies irae and a shadowy, eerie waltz. Sphinx alumna Melissa White is in the solo spotlight for the world premiere of Composer-in-Residence Sophia Jani’s Violin Concerto.