Elley-Long Music Center at St. Michael’s College (map)

2:15 PM | Pre-Concert Conversation with Soovin Kim and David Serkin Ludwig

2:55 PM | CONCERT I: East to West
We ask our patrons to be in their seats by 2:55 as this concert will be broadcast live on Vermont Public Classical.

The exchange and fusion of different folk cultures have created a richer musical fabric for all of us to enjoy. Some of this exchange traveled along an east-west axis between Asia and Europe, much of it following the old routes of the Silk Road. In modern times, travel and immigration to the other side of the world are easier than ever, and the U.S., in particular, has become an ethnic melting pot. This program fuses influences from Persia through Azerbaijan and Austria to the United States, including Brahms’s beloved Hungarian Dances. 

Reception and Meet-the-Artists to follow