Get ready for a special evening as star pianist Alice Sara Ott performs Bryce Dessner's Piano Concerto, written especially for her. Dessner is an American composer from Paris who has won Grammy Awards for his "classical" compositions and is also the guitarist of the rock band The National.

As if that were not enough, tonight you can also enjoy Joey Roukens' enchanting tribute to the centuries-old Renaissance music of Sweelinck and the romantic, symphonic richness of color from the Italy of Ottorino Respighi. The concert is under the direction of our chief conductor Duncan Ward.