Tchaikovsky Symphony No. 5 & Prokofiev Violin Concerto No. 1 with Midori
Tanglewood
Koussevitzky Music Shed, Lenox/Stockbridge, MA
Boston Symphony Orchestra
Samy Rachid, conductor
Midori, violin
SVETLANOV Dawn in the Field
PROKOFIEV Violin Concerto No. 1
-Intermission-
TCHAIKOVSKY Symphony No. 5
Tonight’s concert is generously supported by Ed Wacks, in memory of Linda Wacks and Jeffrey Wacks.
Tonight’s performance by Midori is generously supported by Antoine and Emily van Agtmael.
Performance Details
Aug 16, 2024, 8:00pm EDT
Featuring
Program Notes & Works
Dawn in the Field (1949)
Svetlanov uses the established form of a folk-song theme with variations, practiced by many generations of Russian composers such as Mikhail Glinka, Balakirev, and Tchaikovsky. Svetlanov paints a colorful orchestral scene of dawn in summertime in the Russian countryside.
Violin Concerto No. 1 in D, Opus 19
This is seemingly effortless and remarkably direct music, transparent and light, free of literary, visual, or ideological baggage. The concerto’s predominantly lyrical and romantic mood is unusual for Prokofiev, already associated with the dissonant and aggressive style of his early piano pieces.
