Dvořák’s Sixth Symphony at Severance Music Center

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FRANCK  Le Chasseur maudit

KORNGOLD  Violin Concerto

DVOÁK  Symphony No. 6

The Cleveland Orchestra
Petr Popelka, conductor
James Ehnes, violin

“A work capable of great things” is how Dvoák described his Sixth Symphony in 1880. The prediction proved correct, launching the composer to international stardom. Czech conductor Petr Popelka contrasts this folk-inflected symphony with Franck’s Le Chasseur maudit, an orchestral thrill ride that depicts a count’s fateful hunt on the Sabbath. Acclaimed violinist James Ehnes caps the program with Korngold’s Violin Concerto, which brings the sounds of Hollywood film scores into the concert hall.