STARBURSTING STRINGS

Pulitzer Prize winner George Walker’s Lyric for Strings and Sphinx Medal of Excellence recipient, Jessie Montgomery’s Starburst illustrate each of these Americans remarkable compositional skills. Father & son Alexander & Stefan Hersh join forces on the second half performing Brahms’ noble “Double Concerto” for violin & cello.

Morihiko Nakahara, conductor

Alexander and Stefan Hersh, cello and violin

FELIX MENDELSSOHN - Overture to “The Fair Melusine"

GEORGE WALKER - Lyric for Strings

JESSIE MONTGOMERY - Starburst

JOHANNES BRAHMS - Concerto, Violin & Cello