Andreas Delfs, conductor
Benjamin Beilman, violin
Kodak Hall at Eastman Theatre
Pre-concert talk will start 1 hour before the show.
The Maple Quartet from Eastman School of Music will perform in the lobby in front of Betty’s Cafe 30 minutes before each show. These string students include Isabel Chen (violin), Magali Pelletey (violin), John Crowley (viola), and Gabriel Hennebury (cello).
BRIGHT SHENG Tibetan Love Song and Swing
BRITTEN Violin Concerto
BERLIOZ Symphonie Fantastique
Andreas Delfs conducts Berlioz’s only symphony, the Fantastique, which was described by Leonard Bernstein as “the first musical expedition into psychedelia because of its hallucinatory and dream-like nature.” And, Benjamin Beilman, whom The New York Times described as “muscular with a glint of violence,” gives a passionate performance of Britten’s Violin Concerto, one of his most beautiful and emotionally complex works. Bright Sheng’s Tibetan Love Song and Swing, a work that evokes both the beauty and savageness of a Tibetan mountain dance opens the concert.
Fantastic Symphony | February 10, 2024 | 8:00 pm |