Mozart's Violin Concerto No. 5

Guest conductor Kazem Abdullah balances a busy career conducting operas and symphonic literature, with numerous engagements in both genres around the world. For this program, he leads the orchestra in Erich Korngold’s Symphony in F-sharp. Korngold divided his time between the concert hall and composing film scores, writing the music for 16 Hollywood movies and winning two Oscars in the process. Completed in 1952, Korngold’s only symphony melds hi...