Tchaikovsky Symphony No. 6 with Peter Oundjian by Beethoven, Corigliano, Tchaikovsky, P. I., Ó (2023/2023), Seoltóir Peter Oundjian, Denver Arts Complex, Denver, United States

In Tchaikovsky’s native Russia, “pathétique” suggests impassioned suffering, an eerily suitable description for the psychological drama depicted in his final symphony. His death only nine days after the symphony’s premiere gives added weight to this defining work of the Romantic period. Listen to an instrument of the orchestra like you've never heard it before as our own Principal Clarinet, Jason Shafer, performs John Corigliano’s electric and dazzling Clarinet Concerto, a live spectacle that uses a large orchestra, with some of the musicians even positioned in different places around the hall. The performance opens with Beethoven’s Overture to Egmont, showing the icon at his most forceful in a piece full of trademark orchestral power led by Principal Conductor Peter Oundjian.