July 21 Alsop & Vondráček Marin Alsop returns to the Orchestra Hall podium to lead Elgar’s Enigma Variations. Opening the program, we hear Barber’s First Symphony, followed by Rachmaninov’s Second Piano Concerto, featuring Lukáš Vondráček. Selections from West Side Story—composed…

July 14 Composers’ Early Successes Most of the music on this program was written by teenagers: Mendelssohn was seventeen years old when he composed his Overture to A Midsummer Night’s Dream, Rachmaninoff completed his First Piano Concerto and Strauss his…