Summary: Welcome to this digital edition of Phillip Huscher's Program Notes for upcoming concerts by the CSO Mar 8-11. This colorful program ranges from Shostakovich's haunting First Violin Concerto, performed by Greek virtuoso Leonidas Kavakos, to Debussy's portrait of the sea. "Shostakovich's Violin Concerto brought out the best in Kavakos...an intriguing mixture of fierce energy and fierce self-restraint" (Financial Times). An atmospheric and dramatic entr'acte from Berlioz's epic opera The Trojans portrays Dido and Aeneas' journey through a royal hunt and storm.
