Seattle Philharmonic: Intimate & Original – Dvořák's Eighth

• Luke Fitzpatrick, violin
• Adam Stern, conductor

Alexander Glazunov — Spring (A Musical Picture), Op. 34
Isidora Žebeljan — Three Curious Loves: Concerto for Violin and Chamber Orchestra (U.S. premiere)
Antonín Dvořák — Symphony No. 8 in G major, Op. 88, B. 163

This all-Slavic program brings together three works that boast passionate emotions, vivid colors, and consummate compositional mastery. Antonin Dvořák's Symphony No. 8, a perennial audience favorite, is a work aglow with the joys of life. The Philharmonic's esteemed concertmaster Luke Fitzpatrick joins the orchestra for the U.S. premiere of Serbian composer Isidora Žebeljan’s violin concerto Three Curious Loves, a work once affectionately described as a form of "crazy, wild, capricious Balkan dance." As an opener, we present a little-known symphonic poem by Alexander Glazunov, Spring, a sumptuous and lyrical paean to the season of rebirth.

About Seattle Philharmonic Orchestra

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About Luke Fitzpatrick, violin

https://www.lukefitzpatrick.net/

About Adam Stern, conductor

http://www.adamsternconductor.com/