Courtney Lewis, Conductor
Charles Yang, Violin

This varied program begins on an antique note with Respighi’s irresistible first set of Ancient Airs and Dances. Violinist Charles Yang makes his Springfield debut in Kris Bowers’ iconoclastic concerto For a Younger Self, commissioned by Yang himself. We close with Johannes Brahms’ bucolic Symphony No.2, brimming with joy and radiance.