Eva Ollikainen, conductor
Gil Shaham, violin

SOFIA GUBAIDULINA Fairytale Poem
KORNGOLD Violin Concerto
STRAVINSKY Petrushka (1911)

A masterclass in musical storytelling, Stravinsky’s Petrushka mined Russian folk music to imagine the rich inner lives of dancing puppets. Soviet composer Sofia Gubaidulina crafted her own pointed fable about a piece of chalk that dwindles away in mindless busywork until it is liberated by a creative child, while leading opera and film composer Erich Korngold poured all of his dramatic gifts into his soaringly lyrical Violin Concerto. Award-winning violinist Gil Shaham uses his uniquely warm and poetic tone to kindle the Concerto’s “Old World” romantic sensibility.

The appearance of guest violinist Gil Shaham is made possible by major support from The Ruth Blaustein Rosenberg Guest Artist Fund