Piotr Ilyich Tchaikovsky's Second Symphony is a sunny celebration filled with folk tunes he heard on a holiday with family. Sergei Prokofiev's Second Violin Concerto contrasts a darkly lyrical opening and a vigorous finale, performed here by violinist James Ehnes. To open the program conducted by Elim Chan, the SF Symphony commissioned a new work from Elizabeth Ogonek, whose Sleep & Unremembrance was hailed last season as "a marvelous musical dreamscape" by the San Francisco Chronicle.
ARTISTS
Elim Chan - CONDUCTOR
James Ehnes - VIOLIN
San Francisco Symphony
PROGRAM
New work
[San Francisco Symphony Commission, World Premiere]
Elizabeth Ogonek
Violin Concerto No. 2
Sergei Prokofiev
Symphony No. 2
Piotr Ilyich Tchaikovsky
Piotr Ilyich Tchaikovsky's Second Symphony is a sunny celebration filled with folk tunes he heard on a holiday with family. Sergei Prokofiev's Second Violin Concerto contrasts a darkly lyrical opening and a vigorous finale, performed here by violinist James Ehnes. To open the program conducted by Elim Chan, the SF Symphony commissioned a new work from Elizabeth Ogonek, whose Sleep & Unremembrance was hailed last season as "a marvelous musical dreamscape" by the San Francisco Chronicle.
ARTISTS
Elim Chan - CONDUCTOR
James Ehnes - VIOLIN
San Francisco Symphony
PROGRAM
New work
[San Francisco Symphony Commission, World Premiere]
Elizabeth Ogonek
Violin Concerto No. 2
Sergei Prokofiev
Symphony No. 2
Piotr Ilyich Tchaikovsky
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