Masterworks: Symphonie Fantastique

David Alan Miller, conductor | Joyce Yang, piano
Quinn Mason – A Joyous Trilogy
Grieg – Piano Concerto
Berlioz – Symphonie fantastique
2 Hours. Includes Intermission.

Sarasota Orchestra opens its season with a program of passionate works written by three brilliant composers at the beginning of their careers. Prizewinning composer Quinn Mason describes A Joyous Trilogy, written in 2019, as “the very embodiment of happiness and cheerfulness.” Grammy-nominated pianist Joyce Yang shines in Grieg’s intensely emotional Piano Concerto, completed when the composer was just 24. The program concludes with Berlioz’s heady and evocative Symphonie fantastique. The sonic realization of a young artist’s opium-fueled dreams and the composer’s own romantic obsession, the masterfully orchestrated symphony is one of history’s most influential works.