Summary: Welcome to this digital edition of Phillip Huscher's Program Notes for upcoming concerts by the CSO Oct 26-27. Acclaimed American conductor James Gaffigan returns to conduct Rachmaninov's spirited orchestral masterpiece, the Symphonic Dances. As part of a season-long celebration of Leonard Bernstein's centenary, the program also features the dramatic Symphonic Suite from On the Waterfront, the only score Bernstein wrote for a film. Violinist James Ehnes, praised for his "honeyed tone and immaculate technique" (The Guardian), performs Barber's beguiling Violin Concerto.
