The Saint Paul Chamber Orchestra

SPCO Associate Concertmaster Ruggero Allifranchini takes center stage as soloist in this program that celebrates the vibrancy of the Classical tradition. Signature symphonies by Haydn and Mozart bookend a program of violin music by Russian composers who sought to incorporate Viennese Classicism into their own distinct styles. Tchaikovsky’s Souvenir d’un lieu cher balances his dramatic Romanticism with the rational restraint of the Classical masters, while Stravinsky’s Pastorale brings delicacy to the clever intensity of his defining 20th-century voice.