The Southwest Florida Symphony kicks off the new year, Jan. 6, with the second concert in this season’s Masterworks series.
The concert program includes some highly recognizable pieces, a contemporary piece by Pulitzer Prize winning American composer Caroline Shaw, and perhaps one of the most well-known works in the symphony orchestra repertoire: Beethoven’s Symphony No. 5.
The concert also features soloist Charles Yang. The Grammy award-winning violinist, vocalist, composer, arranger, songwriter and collaborator, has performed as a soloist with major orchestras all over the U.S., Europe, Brazil, Russia, China and Taiwan and is a member of the multi-genre string band “Time for Three” as a violinist and lead vocalist. Yang will perform unique interpretations of The Animals, “House of the Rising Sun,” and the Beatles, “Blackbird.”
Ahead of the concert we get a preview and exploring insights into the concert program in a conversation with Southwest Florida Symphony Maestro and music & artistic director Radu Paponiu as well as the symphony’s Community Outreach ambassador Robert Van Winkle.
