We embark on an emotional journey that begins on Lake Erie at sunrise, in Cleveland composer Margaret Brouwer’s peaceful tone poem The Art of Sailing at Dawn. Then flow to the jazzy undercurrent of Music for the Theatre, an early work by Aaron Copland, written during the Roaring Twenties. Finally, we arrive at the “King of Violin Concertos,” with David McCarroll, Concertmaster of the Pittsburgh Symphony Orchestra, as soloist in Beethoven’s monumental 1806 Violin Concerto, an unappreciated sleeper during the composer’s lifetime that became one of the most beloved works ever written for violin. Join us and immerse yourself in a vast musical voyage navigated via the baton of maestro Daniel Meyer.

A musical dialogue with an Eastern European flair inspires our spring concert. 1999 Cleveland International Piano Competition winner and 2001 Van Cliburn Silver Medalist Antonio Pompa-Baldi solos with BlueWater in Kabalevsky’s Concerto No. 4, “Prague,” with its nod to Bohemian sensibilities and its many quotes from Czech folk music.

Slavic spirit continues with Mozart’s inventive Symphony No. 38 in D Major, “Prague.” Czech composer Leoš Janáček’s Suite for Strings opens this intriguing, rewarding evening as we explore the 23-year-old’s earliest composition for large ensemble.