The melodic verve and fleet pacing of Italian opera energized classical and early Romantic composers. That spirit can be heard in Mozart’s tuneful works for violin and orchestra, in Schubert’s Italian overture and in Mendelssohn’s Fourth Symphony, brimming with Italianate warmth and wit.
This sizzling program reveals the soul of Iberia. Romantic selections from Bizet’s Carmen and Rodrigo’s Concierto deAranjuez offer a view from the Old World. Latin-American rhythms pulse through Gershwin’s Cuban Overture, Copland’s El Salón México and Falla’s Three-Cornered Hat.
THOMAS WILKINS conductor OREN FADER guitar (pictured)
Lauded as a performer “whose abilities defy the imagination,” pianist Marc-André Hamelin stars in Mozart’s lively Concert Rondo and Strauss’s witty Burleske. A northern sun warms the snowy landscapes of Sibelius’ First Symphony.
MICHAEL STERN conductor MARC-ANDRÉ HAMELIN piano (pictured)
