FLORIDA BLUE CLASSICAL SERIES
Bedřich SMETANA • Overture from The Bartered Bride
Wolfgang Amadeus MOZART • Piano Concerto No. 21, K. 467
Antonìn DVOŘÀK • Symphony No. 7
Courtney Lewis, conductor Haskell Endowed Chair
Alessio Bax, piano
It seems that Mozart wrote his 21st Piano Concerto as a vibrant and comedic antidote to the dark and dramatic 20th. The fun and games of the outer movements cradle the famous middle movement’s floating nocturnal world. Courtney Lewis and the Symphony pay homage to Mozart’s deep career connection to Prague with two pieces by Czech masters: Smetana’s Bartered Bride Overture and Dvořàk’s most intensely expressive symphony.