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ESO presents Tchaikovsky Romeo and Juliet, Spanish Guitar Nov. 5, 6
Featuring guitarist Ana Vidovic and conductor John Devlin and including works by Mendelssohn, Rodrigo, Clarice Assad, Tchaikovsky
Internationally performing guitarist Ana Vidovic will join the Elgin Symphony Orchestra for concerts on Nov. 5 and 6 at the Hemmens Cultural Center in Elgin. Vidovic, who hails from the small town of Karlovac near Zagreb in Croatia, will perform Joaquín Rodrigo’s Concierto de Aranjuez. Composed in Paris in 1939, Concierto de Aranjuez established Rodrigo as one of the 20th century’s most significant Spanish composers remains his best-known work.
John Devlin will be the guest conductor for this concert, which also features Mendelssohn’s The Hebrides (Fingal’s Cave), contemporary composer Clarice Assad’s Impressions, and Tchaikovsky’s Romeo and Juliet Overture-Fantasy. Currently in his third season as the music director of the Wheeling Symphony Orchestra, Devlin is one of the youngest music directors to lead a professional orchestra. He is a finalist in the ESO’s music director search.
Tickets start at $20 for adults. Students are $10. Youth age 17 and younger are free with a paying adult. Tickets can be purchased at www.elginsymphony.org, or are available Monday through Friday, from 10 a.m. to 3 p.m., at the ESO Box Office, 20 DuPage Ct., Elgin, or by phone at 847-888-4000. Free parking is available.
