This is the second of four concerts presented by the Logan City Symphony Orchestra that explore space, place and time. Here we immerse you in the profound emotional journey from darkness to light through the lens of Tchaikovsky’s monumental Fifth Symphony — a work that reveals how no music is ever created in isolation, but is profoundly shaped by the voices of predecessors, cultural currents, historical moments, and distant landscapes.
The program begins with Mozart’s electrifying Overture to Don Giovanni: a masterpiece of dramatic clarity and power that Tchaikovsky revered, conducted often, and studied deeply, finding in its architecture echoes of the structural mastery he sought in his own symphonies.
Alexander Borodin’s evocative In the Steppes of Central Asia follows, painting shimmering sonic pictures of vast horizons and intertwining melodies drawn from far-off places — colours and atmospheres that broadened Tchaikovsky’s own orchestral imagination.
Hector Berlioz’s brilliant Hungarian March from The Damnation of Faust surges next with explosive energy and daring orchestration — innovations in sound and drama that Tchaikovsky greatly admired and absorbed into his richly scored works.
Seen through Tchaikovsky’s eyes, these pieces are not merely predecessors but vital influences that helped shape his musical language. They flow directly into the emotional heart of the program: his Symphony No. 5 in E minor. Here everything converges — Mozart’s clarity, Borodin’s atmospheric depth, Berlioz’s vivid colour — in Tchaikovsky’s own profound confrontation with fate. Across four gripping movements, bound together by the famous cyclic “fate” motif (arguably influenced by Beethoven’s own celebrated treatment of destiny in his Fifth Symphony), the music journeys from brooding darkness and fierce struggle toward hard-won affirmation and radiant triumph.
Whether you’re discovering these masterworks for the first time or returning to music that has shaped your life, join us as Logan’s own symphony orchestra brings the timeless power of influence, emotion, and human journey vividly to life on stage—an experience for all ages.
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