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Concerts · Quad City Symphony Orchestra

Saturday, February 6, 2027 · 7:30 PM

Masterworks IV: Sibelius Symphony No. 1

Quad City Symphony Orchestra · Centennial Hall · Rock Island, Iowa

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Program

  1. Benjamin Britten Violin Concerto in D minor, Op. 15
  2. Jean Sibelius Symphony No. 1 in E minor, Op. 39

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Running time: about 1 h 31 min including an intermission (estimate from the works' usual timings)

Worth the drive: A violin concerto written as Europe went to war in 1939, ending not in triumph but in a long, unresolved lament that orchestras program for its emotional daring. More about Benjamin Britten's Violin Concerto in D minor, Op. 15 →

About this concert

Violinist Bella Hristova joins the QCSO for Britten's First Violin Concerto, paired with Sibelius's dramatic First Symphony under Music Director Mark Russell Smith.

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