Mozart's "Linz"

Mozart’s “Linz” Symphony was written in just five days and established the style of his late, final symphonies. But this program, led by Donald Runnicles, also celebrates the centenary of British composer Benjamin Britten. The program opens with the Four Sea Interludes from his opera Peter Grimes. These orchestral interludes-—Dawn, Sunday Morning, Moonlight, Storm—-stand on their own as vivid depictions of the British coast. Violinist Janine Jansen presents the composer’s virtuosic Violin Concerto, written while in self-imposed exile in North America prior to the tumult of World War II. Arvo Pärt’s Cantus in Memory of Benjamin Britten was composed upon Britten’s death. Simply scored for strings and a single chiming bell, this modest canon also reflects the style of Gregorian chant.