Sparkling, elegant, and full of musical fireworks! We bookend this program with two of Handel’s most celebrated works—Water Music and Music for the Royal Fireworks—with Stacy Garrop’s Spectacle of Light as a shimmering tribute. In between, violinist Eric Gratz shines in Vivaldi’s Spring from The Four Seasons and Piazzolla’s passionate Primavera Porteño. Akiko Fujimoto, conductor Eric Gratz, violin Program Handel: from Water Music, Suites 2 & 3 Vivaldi: from The Four Seasons: La primavera (Spring) RV 269,op.8 Piazzolla: from Four Seasons of Buenos Aires: Primavera Porteño (Buenos Aires Spring) Garrop: Spectacle of Light Handel: Royal Fireworks Music
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