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Winter Dreams
Fri & , December 12, 2025/8 PM Sun, December 14, 2025 /3 PM
Program

HARTFORD SYMPHONY ORCHESTRA
Carolyn Kuan, music director


WINTER DREAMS

Friday, December 12, 2025/ 8 PM
Saturday, December 13, 2025 / 8 PM
Sunday, December 14, 2025 / 3 PM
Belding Theater, The Bushnell Center for the Performing Arts


Carolyn Kuan, conductor 
Curtis Stewart, violin & composer
2025-2026 Joyce C. Willis Artist in Residence*


CURTIS STEWART
(b. 1986)



Seasons of Change for Violin, Strings and Electronics (a re-composition of Vivaldi’s The Four Seasons)                I. A.Recent.Summer (Summer, after Vivaldi: Concerto in G Minor, Op. 8, No. 2, RV 315)
II. Fallback (Autumn, after Vivaldi: Concerto in F Major,           Op. 8, No. 3, RV 293)
III. Again (Winter, after Vivaldi: Concerto in F Minor, 
Op. 8, No. 4, RV 297)
IV. Life Times (Spring, after Vivaldi: Concerto in E Major,
Op. 8, No. 1, RV 269)




-INTERMISSION-




Peter Ilyich 
Tchaikovsky
(1840 -1893)


Symphony No. 1 in G minor, Op. 13, “Winter Dreams”Reveries of a Winter Journey: Allegro tranquillo
Land of Desolation, Land of Mists: Adagio cantabile ma non tanto
Scherzo: Allegro scherzando giocoso
Finale: Andante lugubre — Allegro Moderato — Allegro maestoso


The post of Music Director is endowed by the Beatrice Fox Auerbach Foundation.

We kindly request that you refrain from using flash photography and video recording during the performance, however we encourage you take photos and share them on your favorite social media platforms- be sure to tag us so we can join in on the excitement!

The Hartford Symphony Orchestra receives major support from the Greater Hartford Arts Council, the Hartford Foundation for Public Giving, and with support from the Department of Economic and Community Development, Connecticut Office of the Arts which also receives support from the National Endowment for the Arts, a federal agency.  


The 2025-26 Masterworks Series is presented by

The 2025-26 Masterworks Series is also sponsored by
The Elizabeth M. and 
Harriette M. Landon Foundation


The Joyce C. Artist in Residence* is made possible by J. Bissel Foundation and Henry Luce Foundation.