Week of January 30, 2012


Orpheus Chamber Orchestra
Gil Shaham, Violin

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Program:
MENDELSSOHN The Fair Melusina Overture
HAYDN Symphony No. 73 in D Major, "La Chasse"
BRAHMS Violin Concerto
MENDELSSOHN: Sinfonia No. 9 –Orpheus Chamber Orchestra (DG 437 528) Felix Mendelssohn, etc.
KREISLER: Concerto for Violin –Orpheus Chamber Orchestra, Gil Shaham, violin (DG 439 933) The 4 Seasons Vivaldi

Description:
In many ways, this is the quintessential NY chamber music experience. The conductor-less Orpheus Chamber Orchestra blazing a Brahms-ian trail with Gil Shaham.

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