January 8 & 9, 8pm
January 10, 2pm

Jahja Ling, Conductor
Che-Yen Chen, viola / San Diego Master Chorale

Rathbun: Three Psalms of Jerusalem
Handel: Viola Concerto
Vaughan Williams: Flos Campi
Prokofiev: Symphony No. 5

Prokofiev’s greatest symphony landed him on the cover of Time Magazine in 1945.

From Eric Bromberger’s program note:
“The premiere of Prokofiev’s Fifth Symphony on January 13, 1945, in Moscow, was one of those storybook tales, almost too good to be true. As Prokofiev mounted the podium, the sound of distant artillery rumbled through the hall…”