Jahja Ling, Conductor
Che-Yen Chen, viola
San Diego Master Chorale
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2010's first Jacobs' Masterworks concert features the Symphony's Principal Viola Che-Yen Chen performing Handel's Viola Concerto (actually written by enterprising 20th century violist Henri Casadesus, who had it published as a "lost" Handel concerto).
Also, San Diego Master Chorale joins Mr. Chen and the Symphony for Ralph Vaughan Williams' Song of Solomon-inspired Flos Campi. The concert closes with Sergei Prokofiev's last great work, his Symphony No. 5, a work that is, in the composer's words, "a symphony of the grandeur of the human spirit."
From Eric Bromberger's program note:
"The premiere of Prokofiev’s Fifth Symphony on January 13, 1945, in Moscow, was one of those storybook tales, almost too good to be true. As Prokofiev mounted the podium, the sound of distant artillery rumbled through the hall..."
To read further, click "View Program Notes" above!
Click here for the 1945 Time magazine cover story on Prokofiev and his Fifth Symphony.
To learn more about this music, join us in the concert hall for "What's The Score?", a stimulating talk by Nuvi Mehta given 45 minutes before the concert.
Che-Yen Chen
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