A Grand Tour
What’s Playing
FLORENCE PRICE Concert Overture No. 1
WOLFGANG AMADEUS MOZART Violin Concerto No. 4 (1st Mvt)
CAMILLE SAINT-SAËNS Odelette
FRANÇOIS BORNE Fantasy on Themes from Bizet’s Carmen
FELIX MENDELSSOHN Symphony No. 4 (“Italian”)
Who’s Performing
Elmhurst Symphony Orchestra
Stephen Alltop Music Director and Conductor
Stefán Ragnar Höskuldsson Flute
Bea Sjostrom Violin, 2024 Stanger Young Artist Competition Winner
What You'll Hear
What’s Interesting
- American, French, Spanish and Italian influences combine to make a delightful afternoon of music!
- Stefán Ragnar Höskuldsson, principal flutist of the Chicago Symphony Orchestra, makes his solo debut with the Elmhurst Symphony Orchestra on this program.
- Opening with the Concert Overture No. 1 by
Florence Price, the first woman to have a composition played by a major American orchestra (the Chicago Symphony Orchestra), the concert concludes with Felix Mendelssohn’s fiery Italian Symphony — written when the composer was just 24 years old!
Stefán Ragnar Höskuldsson
Flute
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