Romance will be in the air in a program featuring Brahms’ impassioned Violin Concerto and highlights from Prokofiev’s searing Romeo & Juliet. Featuring International Violin Competition of Indianapolis 2022 Laureate, Sirena Huang as the violin soloist, and directed by Joel Smirnoff, Principal Guest Conductor.
Join us for this special performance on Saturday, February 10 at 7:30 pm in Emens Auditorium.
The Pat Schaefer Foundation
Brahms Violin Concerto
Joel Smirnoff, conductor
Sirena Huang, violin
Violin Concerto in D Major, Op. 77 — Johannes Brahms
I. Allegro non troppo
II. Adagio
III. Allegro giocoso, ma non troppo vivace — Poco più presto
Sirena Huang, violin
Intermission
"Balcony Scene" from Romeo and Juliet — Sergei Prokofiev
Symphonic Dances from West Side Story — Leonard Bernstein
I. Prologue
II. Somewhere
III. Scherzo
IV. Mambo
V. Cha Cha
VI. Meeting Scene
VII. Cool
VIII. Rumble
IX. Finale
"Death of Tybalt" from Romeo and Juliet — Sergei Prokofiev
