MSO: Mozart & Klebanov

Mozart & Klebanov
Resilience & Remembrance

FRIDAY, NOVEMBER 14, 2025
7:30 pm / Gallo Center for the Arts

SATURDAY, NOVEMBER 15, 2025
7:30 pm / Gallo Center for the Arts

ABOUT THIS PERFORMANCE
Nicholas Hersh, conductor
Amaryn Olmeda, violin

Experience the power of music to transcend time, culture, and history. This November, the Modesto Symphony Orchestra presents a beautifully introspective evening that unites diverse voices through sound—Margaret Bonds’ Montgomery Variations reflects on the Civil Rights movement, while Mozart’s lively Violin Concert No. 5 features the voice of the next generation, rising violinist Amaryn Olmeda. In a remarkable American premiere, Dmitri Klebanov’s Symphony No. 1 “In Memoriam Babi Yar” gives voice to remembrance and resilience. The evening concludes with John Williams’ A Prayer for Peace, a heartfelt call for unity and hope.

PROGRAM
Margaret Bonds: Selections from Montgomery Variations (I, II, III, VII)

Wolfgang Amadeus Mozart: Violin Concerto No. 5 “Turkish”

Dimitri Klebanov: Symphony No. 1 “In Memoriam Babi Yar” (American Premiere)

John Williams: A Prayer for Peace

⏲: ~ 110 minutes
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