CHOPIN AT 200
David Amado, conductor
Alon Goldstein, piano

We welcome Israeli virtuoso Alon Goldstein to our celebration of Chopin's bicentennial. And we hear music by two of Scandinavia's greatest composers.

"Extremely cultivated, refined command of the keyboard."
-The Philadelphia Inquirer

GRIEG Peer Gynt Suite No. 1
CHOPIN Piano Concerto No. 2 in F Minor • NIELSEN Symphony No. 4, "The Inextinguishable"

NEW WORLD, NEW MUSIC
David Amado, conductor
Chris Thile, mandolin

Punch Brothers frontman Chris Thile (formerly of the Grammy-winning bluegrass group Nickel Creek) has written a new concerto for his instrument, the mandolin. We'll also hear Dvorak's impressions of the young United States, and how Copland responded to a dance hall in Mexico.

"Totally mind-blowing."
-The San Francisco Chronicle on Chris Thile

COPLAND El salon Mexico
THILE Mandolin Concerto, "Ad astra per alas porci" (To the Stars on the Wings of a Pig)
DVORAK Symphony No. 9 in D Minor, "From the New World"

LIFE, DEATH AND MACK THE KNIFE
David Amado, conductor
Janice Chandler Eteme, soprano

It's the radiant symphony of remembrance that sold a million copies—The Gorecki Third—with an uncommonly warm and expressive soprano. We feature the suite from the show that includes "Mack the Knife" and we begin with Mozart that acknowledges the Grand Opera House's Masonic provenance.

"One of the loveliest soprano voices on earth."
-The Baltimore Sun

MOZART Masonic Funeral Music
WEILL Little Threepenny Music • GORECKI Symphony No. 3, "Symphony of Sorrowful Songs"

RUSSIAN FIRE
David Amado, conductor
Elena Urioste, violin

Sphinx Competition winner and Philadelphia native Elena Urioste joins us for one of the best-loved concertos. And David Amado leads a triumphant Russian symphony and a spare, smart gem by Stravinsky.

"She appeared at ease and assured beyond her experience and thoughtful beyond her years."
-The Washington Post

STRAVINSKY Ode
TCHAIKOVSKY Violin Concerto • PROKOFIEV Symphony No. 5

These concerts are sponsored by Wilmington Trust.