UC Davis Symphony Orchestra

A celebration of the concerto form, this program unusually presents three very different concertos on one program! Through these specific works, composers make broader human connections beyond the concert space. Gershwin famously folded jazz — exploding in popularity at the time — into the orchestra with the piano at center. Brewbaker took inspiration from 12th century poet Sufi, asking: Is the violinist playing the violin or the violin playing...