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Seattle Symphony

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Esther Yoo

Violin

Conductor

Alexander Shelley

Dvořák New World Symphony

Seattle

United States

Benaroya Hall

S. Mark Taper Foundation Auditorium

Public

Concert

Romanian Folk Dances, Sz. 68

Violin Concerto

Symphony No. 9 in E Minor, op. 95 B. 178

Rahul Solomon

Approved

This concert is about the music that comes when we long for home. Dvořák’s "New World" Symphony captures the energetic elements of music he heard in America, dosed with a heartfelt nostalgia for his homeland. The result is one of the warmest celebrations of looking forwards and back. It’s no surprise that a recording of this symphony even made its way onto Apollo XI. Raymond Yiu’s Violin Concerto meditates on exile, inspired by the life of composer Ma Sicong, who fled China to build a new life in the U.S. And in his Romanian Folk Dances, Bartók finds inspiration in authentic regional folk music.

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Dvořák New World Symphony by Bartók, Yiu, R., Dvořák, From (2025/2025), Conductor Alexander Shelley, Benaroya Hall, Seattle, United States

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