Symphony Silicon Valley Orchestra: Symphonie Espagnole October 20, 2012

Maestro John Nelson is noted worldwide for his mastery of large-scale Romantic music, and this concert is made to order. Lalo's passionate Symphonie Espagnole is more violin concerto than symphony. Written for the supreme Spanish virtuoso Pablo de Sarasate, it tests the most skilled of violinists, and the Symphony has invited the young international sensation, Karen Gomyo, to perform this work for them. The program closes with the first of Dvorak's great symphonies, packed with color and melody.