FESTIVAL ORCHESTRA: BLOCH AND TCHAIKOVSKYEnrique Mazzola, conductor
Nicolas Altstaedt, cello
program
Verdi: Overture to La forza del destino
Bloch: Schelomo
Tchaikovsky: Symphony No. 6
Witness the GTMF debut of Chicago Lyric Opera Music Director Enrique
Mazzola. After Verdi’s dramatic statement on the power of fate and
Bloch’s poetic invocation of King Solomon performed by German-French
cellist Nicolas Alstaedt, wetraverse the turbulent emotional landscape
of Tchaikovsky’s final symphony. Did he foresee his own abrupt
demise with this score?
Join us for a pre-concert talk at 5 PM with Stoner Family Education
Curator Meaghan Heinrich in the Barbara Furrer Goodman Memorial Garden
near Walk Festival Hall’s north entrance. Talks are sponsored by the
Goodman Family Foundation, in memory of Roy and Barbara Goodman.
COST : $40 - $85, children/students $5
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