Italian musical romanticism is the backbone of this popular concert program. The program includes opera overtures by Rossini and Verdi, The Silken Ladder and The Sicilian Vespers. The fantastic and dazzling Roman Pines by Ottorino Respighi will conjure Italy, which we had not been able to visit and experience directly in the past period. This evening’s soloist is Sergei Dogadin, Gold Medal winner at the Tchaikovsky Competition, who will present himself to our audience with the Concerto for Violin and Orchestra by Jan Sibelius.

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