Festivals & HolidaysThursday, December 3
Classical Christmas
Thursday, December 3 · 7:30-9:30 p.m. · Harrison Opera House, 160 W Virginia Beach Blvd, Norfolk, VA 23510, USA
- When
- Thursday, December 3 · 7:30-9:30 p.m.
- Where
- Harrison Opera House, 160 W Virginia Beach Blvd, Norfolk, VA 23510, USA160 West Virginia Beach Boulevard · Norfolk, VA · 23510
About this event
A Midwinter Musicale
Eric Jacobsen, conductor
Colin Jacobsen, violin
Maurice Ravel: Tzigane
Ralph Vaughan Williams: Lark Ascending
Antonio Vivaldi: “Winter” from The Four Seasons
Pyotr Ilyich Tchaikovsky: Excerpts from The Nutcracker
Christina Courtin: Sing-Along
It’s a family affair this holiday season! Eric Jacobsen and the VSO welcome back Colin Jacobsen for a program of wintry and uplifting works for violin and orchestra performed alongside a selection of favorites from Tchaikovsky’s Nutcracker .
This concert is made possible by a generous gift from Connie and Marc Jacobson.
Learn about the pieces, composers, and guest artists in this concert with “ What About the Music? “
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Eric Jacobsen serves as the Virginia Symphony Orchestra’s twelfth Music Director, a position he’s held since 2021. He is also artistic director and co-founder of The Knights, the uniquely adventurous NYC-based chamber orchestra, and Music Director of the Orlando Philharmonic. In addition to conducting, Eric is a dedicated chamber musician (cello) and is a member of Yo-Yo Ma’s Silk Road Ensemble.
Violinist and composer Colin Jacobsen is a founding member of the Brooklyn Rider string quartet and The Knights orchestra, recipient of a United States Artist Fellowship and Avery Fisher Career Grant, touring member of the Silk Road Ensemble, and Artistic Director of Santa Fe Pro Musica.
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