Name: Prokofiev's Fifth Symphony
Start: 2026-02-06T20:00:00-06:00
End: 2026-02-06T22:00:00-06:00
Location: Kauffman Center for the Performing Arts

Matthias Pintscher, music director and conductor
Leila Josefowicz, violin

MAURICE RAVEL Mother Goose (complete ballet)
KAROL SZYMANOWSKI Violin Concerto No. 2
SERGEI PROKOFIEV Symphony No. 5

Experience a concert brimming with resilience and hope. Sergei Prokofiev’s Fifth Symphony, composed in just one month during World War II, is a celebration of spirit and strength. The composer stated that the symphony was intended as “a hymn to free and happy Man, to his mighty powers, his pure and noble spirit … I cannot say that I deliberately chose this theme. It was born in me and clamored for expression.” Hear this hymn to humanity plus Polish composer Karol Szymanowski’s joyful Second Violin Concerto.