What’s Interesting About This Program
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Concertmaster Jennifer Cho plays Vaughan Williams’ gorgeous masterpiece for solo violin on a program that soars with the birds.
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Full of irony and conflict, Haydn’s Hen Symphony gets its name from a fowl-like “clucking” heard from a rhythmic motif in the first movement.
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Sibelius’ ethereal tone poem is based on a Finnish folk tale about a mystical swan that guards the island of the dead.
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Dvořák’s Symphony No. 8 was inspired by the folk music of Bohemia and nature sounds including bird calls. It’s the most melodic and uplifting of his large-scale works.
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