MUSIC DIRECTOR FINALIST
REI HOTODA, CONDUCTOR
ANGELO XIANG YU, VIOLIN
Korngold’s captivating Violin Concerto is an intoxicating combination of Hollywood accessibility, rigorous virtuosity and unabashed romanticism. Shostakovich’s Eighth Symphony, considered one of the composer’s finest, is a requiem for the millions who suffered and died during WWII and under the Stalinist regime.
THE MUSIC
- Aaron Jay Kernis — “Musica Celestis” (1990)
- Erich Korngold — Violin Concerto
- Dmitri Shostakovich — Symphony No. 8
