A celebration of life in the heart of Dallas

Monday, November 18, 2013

DSO President John F. Kennedy Memorial Concert

Photo credit: Dallas Symphony Orchestra
Right in the heart of Downtown, Museum Tower residents will be surrounded by tributes to President John F. Kennedy this weekend.

November 21-24, In honor of the JFK 50th, the Dallas Symphony, Jaap van Zweden and Joshua Bell pay tribute with Sibelius' noble Violin Concerto, and Beethoven's epic Symphony No. 3, the Eroica.



This concert is sponsored by Bickel & Brewer Foundation. The commission is supported in part with generous support from the Norma and Don Stone New Music Fund, the National Endowment for the Arts and TACA.

Jaap van Zweden conducts
Joshua Bell, violin


CONRAD TAO The World Is Very Different Now (Commissioned in memory of John F. Kennedy
SIBELIUS Violin Concerto
MILHAUD
Murder of a Great Chief of State BEETHOVEN Symphony No. 3, Eroica

For more information on the performances and artists visit the Dallas Symphony Orchestra website.