SPCO Concert – Haydn’s Surprise Symphony

Surprises abound in this program curated by SPCO Principal Horn James Ferree! Dmitri Shostakovich’s “Elegy and Polka” — not performed as often as his other works — are excerpted arrangements from his opera Lady Macbeth of the Mtsensk District and ballet The Golden Age. Embracing the spirit of surprise, the program’s titular work is Franz Joseph Haydn’s delightful Symphony No. 94, nicknamed the Surprise … no spoilers, please!