Music Director Michael Tilson Thomas selected the pieces for this concert and the subsequent CD release, plus Yuja Wang joins the SFS for Prokofiev's 1st Piano Concerto

Russian fifth symphonies, that is.

Wikipedia states that "Popular polls rank Alexander Nevsky as the greatest Russian hero in history". Tonight you can hear Prokofiev's music to the story of A. Nevsky, and more.

Eastern European composers are featured... dance, drama, and Gypsy flair!

Storytelling and music go together so well. Revuelatas tells the story of "Sensemaya" in music; Prokofiev's music to the film "Lieutenenat Kije" lives on in it's concert-hall form.