3. Light, Voice, & Strength – Saturday, November 21st | 7:30pm
Price range: $0.00 through $45.00
Note that if you purchase your tickets the week of the concert, we will hold them at Will Call for you to pick up the night of the concert. Otherwise they will be mailed.
This program brings together works of scale, intensity, and expressive depth. Nielsen’s Helios Overture, a depiction of a sunrise, opens the program with clarity and momentum, setting the stage for what follows. Bruch’s concerto, featuring Kevin Lin, Concertmaster of the Indianapolis Symphony Orchestra, provides a lyrical and deeply human voice at the center of the program.
The concert culminates in Shostakovich’s Fifth Symphony, a work shaped by turmoil, restraint, and survival. In this context, the program reflects how, even in the most difficult moments, art can offer a sense of catharsis and connection. It becomes not only a powerful orchestral experience, but a reminder of the role music plays in sustaining the human spirit.
Repertoire
Carl Nielsen – Helios Overture, Op. 17
Max Bruch – Violin Concerto No. 1 in G minor, Op. 26
Kevin Lin
Shostakovich – Symphony No. 5
