Classics Series Concert 3: Alpha and Omega

Classics Series Concert 3

Alpha and Omega

Pre-concert discussion begins at 6:30 p.m.

From David Amado:

From Tchaikovsky’s first foray into the symphony, to Strauss’s last work, our third Classics program indulges in the passionate, emotive power of some of our most beloved romantic composers. Tchaikovsky’s first symphony “Winter Dreams” is infused with his gift of melody, a powerful sense of drama, brilliant, virtuoso writing, and a powerful Russian soul. White-hot Tchaikovsky is balanced by Strauss’s Four Last Songs—wistful and nostalgic, they are a Romantic epilogue in tribute of the ripe, unabashed heart-on-sleeve passion that had long since fallen out of style. We begin with Sibelius’s Night Ride and Sunrise, an evocative tone poem as much about a sleigh-ride as about a spiritual journey and transformation.