Mozart Sinfonia concertante with Nathan Cole and Steven Ansell

Boston Symphony Orchestra
Anna Handler, conductor
Nathan Cole, violin
Steven Ansell, viola

Gabriella SMITH Bioluminescence Chaconne
MOZART Sinfonia concertante for violin and viola
TCHAIKOVSKY Suite from Swan Lake

Joining BSO Assistant Conductor Anna Handler in her Symphony Hall debut with the BSO is concertmaster Nathan Cole making his Symphony Hall debut as a concerto soloist. Principal Viola Steven Ansell is Cole’s solo partner in Mozart’s Sinfonia concertante, a vivacious masterpiece. American composer Gabriella Smith’s Bioluminescence Chaconne uses the natural world as a metaphor for musical structure and process, or vice versa — part of a multi-season programmatic focus exploring artists’ responses to our environment. Tchaikovsky’s iconic ballet score Swan Lake, for all its supernatural, fairytale narrative, is also very much in the realm of nature pieces. Its lush, romantic music is some of the most familiar in the repertoire.