Xian Zhang conductor
Francesca Dego violin
New Jersey Symphony
Prokofiev asks for astonishing skill from every musician in his tour-de-force concerto. For his part, Strauss invites the artists to become storytellers in A Hero’s Life. With the New Jersey Symphony, Xian Zhang brings these two epics to life, and all the artists are joined by the young Italian-American violinist Francesca Dego.
Anton Webern Im Sommerwind
Sergei Prokofiev Violin Concerto No. 2
Richard Strauss Ein Heldenleben
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