VPO December Concert
Shaughnessy Heights United Church, 1550 W. 33rd, Vancouver PROGRAM
Estacio: Wondrous Light
Zhang: Voices from Gold Mountain
Prokofiev: Violin Concerto No. 1
Dvorak: Symphony No. 5
Conductor: Jin Zhang
Assistant Conductor: Janna Sailor
GUEST ARTIST: Nancy DiNovo, Violin
In this concert Janna Sailor, our gifted Assistant Conductor, adeptly guides us through a celebration of the Aurora Borealis in Estacio's 'Wondrous Light' before we perform a stunning composition by our very own Music Director, Jin Zhang, inspired by the struggles of early Chinese-Canadian pioneers - 'The Voices from Gold Mountain'.
We then welcome back our friend, the sublimely talented Nancy DiNovo, to play Prokofiev's Violin Concerto No. 1 and finish with Dvorak's 5th Symphony.