Description

This program features a beloved concerto, an elemental symphony, and an exciting world premiere. Called "brilliantly skillful and selflessly musical" (Financial Times), violin soloist Stefan Jackiw joins the orchestra for one of classical music's greatest hits: Tchaikovsky's mighty Violin Concerto, a work as grand as it is intimate. The orchestra traverses the vast landscapes of Symphony No. 7 by Finnish master Jean Sibelius, a work the composer called a "symphonic fantasia." The concert opens with a new work called Moño, co-commissioned by the Monterey Symphony, by Hispanic-American composer Marina Lopez whose music explores the psychological, ethnomusicological, and physical roots of her musical heritage.