Light Emerges

An orchestral voyage from brooding passion to joyful exuberance! 

Nil Venditti, Conductor 
Leana Rutt, Cello  

Travel with the HPO and guest conductor Nil Vendetti to picturesque destinations and worlds of deep emotion. After Verdi’s tumultuous overture to his opera about tragic destiny, Hamilton Philharmonic Orchestra Principal Cello Leana Rutt takes the spotlight in Elgar’s passionately brooding Cello Concerto, a lament for a lost world. Kilar’s Orawa then brings you to an exuberant highlanders’ dance in the Tatras mountains, while Mendelssohn’s jubilant Fourth Symphony captures his vibrant impressions of Italy. 

Concert Program: 

Giuseppe Verdi, La forza del destino *Musicians’ Choice 
Edward Elgar, Cello Concerto in E Minor 
Wojciech Kilar,  Orawa for Strings 
Felix Mendelssohn, Symphony No. 4 "Italian"