Dvořák’s vibrant Symphony No. 8 and Brahms’ passionate Double Concerto, performed by renowned BSO artists Lucia Lin, violin, and Owen Young, cello. An unforgettable evening to launch the season!

Lucia Lin, a distinguished violinist born in Champaign-Urbana, has a versatile career performing worldwide in solo, orchestral, chamber, and collaborative arts. Debuting at age eleven with the Chicago Symphony, she’s since been a prize winner in major competitions including the International Tchaikovsky Competition, and has performed internationally with orchestras and at Carnegie Hall. She has held positions with the Boston Symphony, Milwaukee Symphony, and London Symphony Orchestra, serving as Concertmaster and leader on recording and tours. Returning to the U.S., she founded the Boston Trio and joined the Muir String Quartet, championing contemporary American music and fostering young artists through teaching at Boston University and summer programs.

A Groton Hill exclusive!

The concert begins in Australia with Percy Grainger’s Children’s March. The subtitle Over the Hills and Far Away is an ambiguous location where the composer is destined to find his sweetheart. Grainger then takes us to the county of Lincolnshire, on the east coast of England. In Lincolnshire, in the early 1900′s, Grainger recorded folksingers and assembled his iconic collection Lincolnshire Posy. After intermission, Morton Gould reminds us that the only place a soldier wants to be is home. His American Salute is a clever twist on the American Civil War song When Johnny Comes Marching Home. Gould then transports us to the biblical town of Jericho where we can actually hear the walls "come tumblin’ down." 

Next, Julie Giroux brings us to a fictional video game universe where Riften is a city in Skyrim located in the expansive world of The Elder Scrolls. Finally, we return to Earth and Belgrade, Serbia where composer Ante Grgin is the principal clarinetist of the Belgrade Philharmonic Orchestra. Be prepared for the unbelievably dynamic performance of Grgin’s Concertino for Clarinet by the phenomenal clarinetist Charlie Suriyakham! Enjoy the journey.