Inspired by the dangerous conditions endured by young women who worked in match factories in the 1880s, Hannah Kendall’s The Spark Catchers opens the program and is followed by a dramatic performance of Beethoven’s Third Piano Concerto by master pianist Benjamin Grosvenor. To close, the orchestra performs Shostakovich’s enigmatic Symphony No. 15 for the very first time. A work that alludes to and quotes freely from the music of other composers, the shimmering final chords will leave you transfixed.

These concerts run approximately 2 hours and 15 minutes, which includes a 20 minute intermission.