From The New World at Blossom Music Center

PROKOFIEV Violin Concerto No. 2DVOK Symphony No. 9 (From the New World)The Cleveland OrchestraRafael Payare, conductorStefan Jackiw, violinExperience the beauty of America through an outsiders perspective Dvoks thrilled by the sounds and sights of this wild new country upon his arrival. He admired the beauty of African American spirituals and was fascinated by Native American traditions. When describing his New World Symphony, he said, I tried to write only in the spirit of those national American melodies, yet, in the end, his Ninth is a glowing expression of both the Old World and the New.