San Diego Symphony: Prokofiev’s Fifth Symphony
1/08/10 – 1/10/10 Prokofiev’s Fifth Symphony:
A Jacobs’ Masterworks Concert
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…”
