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Please be advised that guest artist Vassily Primakov has taken ill and withdrawn from this weekend's performances. The orchestra will perform Rachmaninov's Vocalise and Richard Strauss's Also sprach Zarathustra as scheduled. The DSO will perform Schubert's Symphony No. 8 "The Unfinished Symphony" in lieu of Rachmaninov's Piano Concerto No. 3. We regret any inconveniece.
All performances at 8 p.m. at the Grand Opera House, Wilmington. Pre-concert lectures on stage at 7 p.m. sponsored by the Delaware Humanities Forum.
VASSILY PRIMAKOV, piano
RACHMANINOV: Vocalise
RACHMANINOV: Piano Concerto No. 3
STRAUSS: Also sprach Zarathustra
Towering achievements of humanity and Herculean feats of pianistic prowess open our season.
GIL SHAHAM, violin
BRAHMS: Violin Concerto
ELGAR: Enigma Variations
Musical testaments to the power of friendship.
ECKART PREU, guest conductor
STEVE TEMME, saxophone
JENNIFER HIGDON, 2012 A.I. du Pont Award
A concerto by this year’s A.I. du Pont Award winner, plus Schumann’s romantic Fourth Symphony.
CHRISTINA & MICHELLE NAUGHTON, piano
RAVEL: Ma Mére l’Oye (Mother Goose)
MOZART: Concerto for 2 Pianos
BEETHOVEN: Symphony No. 5
Ravel’s glittering Mother Goose is paired with Mozart’s Concerto performed by rising stars and identical twins Christina and Michelle Naughton. After intermission, Beethoven’s Fifth.
JENNY KOH, violin
JAIME LAREDO, violin
STRAUSS: Metamorphosen
BACH: Concerto for Two Violins
LUDWIG: Concerto for Two Violins
RAVEL: La Valse
The incomparable Jaime Laredo joins DSO favorite Jennifer Koh for two concertos: David Ludwig's brand new work and its Muse, the famous Bach Double Concerto.
