About this Event
1314 Miller Dr, Coral Gables, FL 33146
Gerard Schwarz, conductor
Yun Cao, conductor
Haoge Wang, violin
PROGRAM
COPLAND: Symphonic Ode
BRUCH: Violin Concerto No. 1 in G minor, Haoge Wang, soloist
BERLIOZ: Symphonie fantastique
Aaron Copland’s Symphonic Ode was dedicated to his great champion Serge Koussevitzky and launches the evening with broad sonorities and the rhythmic swagger that signaled a new American voice in 20th‑century orchestral writing.
From this bracing opener we turn to romantic lyricism with Bruch’s Violin Concerto No. 1 in G minor, a work whose soaring melodies and gypsy‑tinged finale have made it a favorite since 1868.
The program closes with Berlioz’s Symphonie fantastique, still electrifying nearly two centuries after its premiere. Berlioz deploys an enlarged orchestra, daring harmonies, and the famous “idée fixe” to chart an artist’s opium‑fueled descent from ardent love to macabre hallucination.
From Copland’s bright modernism through Bruch’s romanticism to Berlioz’s revolutionary imagination, the concert traces the symphony’s power to mirror the boldest hopes and darkest dreams of the human spirit.
SAT / FEB 7, 2026 / 7:30 P.M.
UM Gusman Concert Hall
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