Roger Kalia, conductor
Eric Byers, cello
Sunday, May 26, 2019 at 2:30 pm
Ann and Jerry Moss Theater
Kodaly: Dances of Galanta
Shostakovich: Cello Concerto No.1
Dvorak: Symphony No.8
The final concert of the season focused on the music of two composers of Eastern European descent: Zoltan Kodaly and Antonin Dvorak. Kodaly’s Dances of Galanta is based on Hungarian folk dances, while Dvorak’s Symphony No.8 has been called the most pastoral symphony through the use of Czech melodies. Masterful cellist Eric Byers performed Shostakovich’s haunting and dramatic Cello Concerto No.1