Strauss Horn Concerto with the Allentown Symphony Orchestra
May 16 @ 7:30 PM EDT
Diane Wittry, Conductor
Erik Ralske, principal horn of The Metropolitan Opera Orchestra
GRAZYNA BACEWICZ Overture
RICHARD STRAUSS Horn Concerto No. 1
GUSTAV MAHLER Symphony No. 1 “Titan”
To hell and back.
Experience a symphonic powerhouse as Diane Wittry and the Allentown Symphony Orchestra close the season at Miller Symphony Hall.
The program opens with the bold, electrifying sound of Grażyna Bacewicz, followed by Met Opera principal horn Erik Ralske in Strauss’s virtuosic Horn Concerto No. 1.
Then: Mahler. Youthful. Wild. Exuberant. Mahler’s Symphony No. 1, “Titan,” is a journey of extremes—dark, defiant, and ultimately triumphant. Only Mahler could take you to hell and back.