“A Born Communicator” (Le Temps), Joshua Weilerstein is the Artistic Director of the Orchestre de Chambre de Lausanne and enjoys a flourishing guest conducting career. He has been praised for “intense, eloquently moving, and spectacularly knife-edge” performances.
Part of the Temerty Orchestral Program at The Glenn Gould School (GGS), the Royal Conservatory Orchestra (RCO) is widely regarded as an outstanding ensemble and one of the best training orchestras in North America. It consists of instrumental students in the undergraduate and graduate programs of the GGS. Graduates of the RCO have joined the ranks of the greatest orchestras in the world.
Friday, October 7, 2022 at 8pm in Koerner Hall
Joshua Weilerstein, conductor
Yu Kai Sun, violin
Royal Conservatory Orchestra
PROGRAM
Dinuk Wijeratne:
Two Pop Songs on Antique Poems
“A Letter From the Afterlife”
Dmitri Shostakovich:
Violin Concerto No. 1 in A Minor, op. 77
I. Nocturne: Moderato
II. Scherzo: Allegro
III. Passacaglia: Andante – cadenza –
IV. Burlesque: Allegro con brio – Presto
INTERMISSION
Johannes Brahms: Symphony No. 4 in E Minor, op. 98
I. Allegro ma non troppo
II. Andante moderato
III. Allegro giocoso
IV. Allegro energico e passionato