August 2010 Symphony Season - Program 9
Saturday, August 21, 2010 - 8:00 PM - Festival Finale
Victor Yampolsky, conductor
Chausson: Poeme, Op. 25
James Ehnes, violin
Bartok: Violin Concerto No.1 (1907-08), Op. posth.
James Ehnes, violin
Prokofiev: Symphony No. 5, Op. 100, B-flat Major
James Ehnes returns for his sixth appearance at the Festival in the Festival Finale playing two works for violin and orchestra, the Chausson Poeme and the Bartok First Violin Concerto. James Ehnes performed the Barktok Violin Concerto #2 at the Festival in 2007 and the Bernstein Serenade in 2009. The concert concludes with the first Festival performance of the Prokoviev Symphony #5, an orchestra tour de force.
Program notes for this concert...
Hear Music Director Victor Yampolsky and Associate Conductor Stephen Alltop discuss this program and some historical aspects by clicking here.
This concert is sponsored by Bibs, Marge & Sarah