BSO Music Presents: Barber Violin Concerto with Ehnes & Heyward
The Music Center at Strathmore 5301 Tuckerman Lane, North Bethesda, Maryland 20852-3385
Jonathon Heyward, conductor
James Ehnes, violin
JAMES LEE III Visions of Cahokia
BARBER Violin Concerto
DVOŘÁK Symphony No. 8
Music Director Jonathon Heyward sheds light on Dvořák’s sun-drenched Eighth Symphony, a celebration of the Bohemian countryside filled with cheerful birdsong and brilliant fanfare. James Lee III kicks off his tenure as BSO Composer in Residence with his Visions of Cahokia, an expressive three-movement work that depicts the Cahokia Mounds Historic Site and celebrates indigenous Mississippian culture. Violinist James Ehnes interprets Barber's sensitive and tuneful concerto with his signature elegance, an approach that solidified Ehnes as a GRAMMY®-winning recording artist.
