Summary: Music Director Alan Gilbert discusses the works on the program, including R. Strauss's Don Juan, which Mr. Gilbert describes as an "explosion of creative energy"; Henri Dutilleux's Métaboles, with its echoes of Debussy, Ravel, and Stravinsky; and Hindemith's Symphonic Metamorphoses on Themes by Carl Maria von Weber, a true orchestral showcase. Joining Mr. Gilbert and the Philharmonic for Mendelssohn's Violin Concerto is virtuoso Itzhak Perlman, who talks about the pleasure of performing this work.
