Brahms & 'Big Sur'

Thursday
March 18, 2010, 7:00 p.m.- Laura Turner Concert Hall

Friday
March 19, 2010, 8:00 p.m.- Laura Turner Concert Hall

Saturday
March 20, 2010, 8:00 p.m.- Laura Turner Concert Hall

Nashville Symphony
Carlos Kalmar, Conductor
Tracy Silverman, Electric Violin

Brahms -  Symphony No. 3 in F major, Op. 90
John Adams -  The Dharma at Big Sur for Electric Violin and Orchestra
Alberto Ginastera -  Estancia: Four Dances, Op. 8a

Conductor Carlos Kalmar conducts a wonderfully varied program that begins with Brahms’ profoundly expressive Symphony No. 3. One of the composer’s greatest successes, the work mixes moments of heroism with more subdued, reflective passages. A piece of transcendent beauty, John Adams’ The Dharma at Big Sur will serve as a platform for the dazzling talents of Nashville-based electric violinist Tracy Silverman. With their folk melodies and vigorous rhythms, the Four Dances from Ginastera’s ballet Estancia evoke visions of South American cowboys riding through Argentina’s expansive prairies.

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