Boston Symphony Orchestra is streaming Concert for Our City from April 5-May 20, 2020.
Thomas Wilkins, conductor
Sterling Elliott, cello
Huang Ruo, composer and singer
TCHAIKOVSKY Polonaise from the opera Eugene Onegin
GINASTERA “Malambo” from Estancia Dances
Huang RUO Folksongs for Orchestra
II. Love Song from Kang Ding
IV. The Girl from Da Ban City
WALKER Lyric for String Orchestra
DVORÁK Cello Concerto Finale (Allegro moderato)
BRAHMS Symphony No. 1: Finale (Adagio—Allegro non troppo ma con brio)
Concert for Our City was videotaped live during a full-house performance at Symphony Hall on February 16. The concert was part of a series of free BSO musical offerings in February during the time the orchestra would have been on an East Asia tour, February 6-16. The planned tour was canceled due to increasing concerns over the spread of COVID-19.
(Description courtesy of Boston Symphony Orchestra)