Antonio Méndez, conductor
Andrea Overturf, English horn

SCHUMANN: Overture, Scherzo & Finale, Op. 52
ROREM: Concerto for English Horn and Orchestra
MUSSORGSKY: Pictures at an Exhibition (Orch. Ravel)

Pictures at an Exhibition invites you to see the world in sonic Technicolor. Modest Mussorgsky composed the work in memory of a friend’s posthumous exhibit. From the opening “Promenade” to the majestic “Great Gate of Kiev,” this masterpiece will send you home humming. Conductor Antonio Méndez makes his San Diego Symphony debut leading this melodic program, which includes Ned Rorem’s Concerto for English Horn with San Diego Symphony Principal English Horn Andrea Overturf and opens with Schumann’s Overture, Scherzo & Finale.