This thrilling season-opening concert honors the passion of the human spirit. Acclaimed VSO Principal Cello Steven Taylor is the featured soloist in Shostakovich's defiant and vivid First Cello Concerto. The famous Pathétique Symphony is often regarded as Tchaikovsky's poignant and fervent farewell to life.
• Shchedrin Symphonic Fanfares
• Shostakovich Cello Concerto No. 1 in E-flat Major, Op. 107
Steven Taylor, cello
• Tchaikovsky Symphony No. 6 in B minor, Op. 74 Pathétique
This program is supported in part by Georgia Council for the Arts through the appropriations of the Georgia General Assembly. Georgia Council for the Arts also receives support from its partner agency - the National Endowment for the Arts.
