A famous love story as old as time and a portrait of Juliet, a thoughtful and self-reflective young woman. Etienne Abelin makes his ESYO debut at the Troy Savings Bank Music Hall with Prokofiev’s Romeo & Juliet and Elgar’s ominous Cello Concerto with Eujeong Choi, the 2022 Lois Lyman Concerto Competition Winner. Missy Mazzoli’s River Rouge Transfiguration sees America’s industrial past and present through the lens of music as Symphony Orchestra transforms “grit & noise” into a musical experience that is “resonant & unexpected.”

Symphony Orchestra
Etienne Abelin, Conductor
Missy Mazzoli: River Rouge Transfiguration

Edward Elgar: Cello Concerto in E minor, Opus 85
1. Adagio – Moderato
2. Lento – Allegro molto
3. Adagio
4. Allegro – Moderato – Allegro, ma non-troppo – Poco più lento – Adagio

Sergei Prokofiev: Romeo and Juliette Suite No. 2, Opus 64
1. Montagues and Capulets (The Prince Gives His Order and Dance of the Knights)
2. Juliet as a Young Girl
3. Friar Laurence (Romeo at Friar Laurence’s)
4. Dance (Dance of the Five Couples)
5. Romeo and Juliet Before Parting
6. Romeo at Juliet’s Tomb (Juliet’s Grave)