Name: Northwestern University Symphony Orchestra
Start: 2024-02-03T19:30:00
Location: Northwestern University

Northwestern Bienen School of Music

The Northwestern University Symphony Orchestra's first winter-quarter performance opens with the beloved Guillaume Tell (William Tell) Overture, its rousing finale now a staple of television and film soundtracks. Continuing the program is Shostakovich's Cello Concerto No. 1 in E-flat Major, written for the composer's friend Mstislav Rostropovich, who committed the notoriously difficult work to memory in just four days. Jessie Montgomery's solemn, yet hopeful 2021 Hymn for Everyone provides a reflection on the collective challenges we have faced in light of a global pandemic and political upheaval. Concluding the concert is Maurice Ravel's lush and colorful Daphnis et Chloé Suite No. 2; originally composed for Sergei Diaghilev's Ballets Russes, it depicts a pastoral courtship scene between the two title characters.