SUBSCRIBER APPRECIATION CONCERT
Janis Sakai
ARTISTS
Gregory Hughes Conductor
Janis Sakai Violin
PROGRAM
COLERIDGE-TAYLOR: Violin Concerto
TCHAIKOVSKY: Symphony No. 4
“I should be sorry if symphonies that mean nothing should flow from my pen.”
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WHAT’S INTERESTING ABOUT THIS CONCERT
This concert marks Janis Sakai’s solo debut with the Lakeview Orchestra. She’s been Lakeview Orchestra’s Concertmaster since 2018, is an active soloist and chamber music performer, and previously served as Co-Concertmaster of the Civic Orchestra of Chicago.
Samuel Coleridge-Taylor’s Violin Concerto is considered one of the composer’s best and most mature works. When the piece was first performed in Britain, audiences demanded to hear the second movement again as an encore!
Pyotr Tchaikovsky’s Fourth Symphony (nicknamed the “Fate” Symphony) was criticized by many of his contemporaries for being programmatic, for having a plot. Tchaikovsky disagreed with these critiques, defended the tragedy-to-triumph story arc of the symphony, and was ultimately vindicated by history: The Fourth Symphony is now one of the most popular in the orchestral repertoire.