Symphonic Series: Dvořák & Ellington

Berkeley Symphony presents a special matinee performance, Sunday, March 24, 2019, at 4 pm with special guests Berkeley High School Jazz Ensemble to present DVORAK & ELLINGTON. With guest conductor Christopher Rountree leading the orchestra, the concert starts with Dvořák’s Symphony No. 9 in E minor, “From the New World,” which he composed in 1893 while he was the director of the National Conservatory of Music of America. Following Dvořák’s iconic sketch of America, the Orchestra is joined by Berkeley High Jazz Ensemble with special guests to perform Gubaidalina’s Concerto for Two Orchestras and Ellington’s Black, Brown, and Beige.