Coleridge-Taylor, Barber & Dvořák 6

Nov 11-13, 2021
Coleridge-Taylor, Barber & Dvořák 6

Overview

Jakub Hrůša conducts a joyful portrait of his Czech homeland in Dvořák’s folk-infused Sixth Symphony. Radiant soprano Joélle Harvey makes her CSO debut in Barber’s nostalgic recollection of small-town America. Opening the program is Coleridge-Taylor’s 1898 breakthrough score, the rhapsodic Ballade.

Program
Coleridge-Taylor

Ballade in A Minor

Barber

Knoxville: Summer of 1915

Dvořák

Symphony No. 6

Sponsors

These concerts are generously sponsored by the Zell Family Foundation.

The appearance of Joélle Harvey is made possible by the Grainger Fund for Excellence.

 


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