New on-demand video concert: Pekka Kuusisto Plays The Lark Ascending

Now available for free, on-demand is a recent full-length concert from our 2021.22 concert season, featuring performances by beloved SPCO collaborator Pekka Kuusisto in a crowd-favorite piece.

In Pekka Kussisto Plays The Lark Ascending, violin extraordinaire Pekka Kuusisto captivated listeners’ hearts for his final performance as an SPCO Artistic Partner with a stunning, bittersweet rendition of Ralph Vaughan Williams’ The Lark Ascending.

This colorful and varied full-length program includes the world premiere of Cindy Cox’s Dreaming a world’s edge and Louise Farrenc’s little-known but masterful Symphony No. 3.

Dreaming a world’s edge was commissioned by the League of American Orchestras with the generous support of the Virginia B. Toulmin Foundation.

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Recommended Additional Viewing

Pekka Kuusisto: Migration Patterns

Contemporary classical and traditional folk music unite with a range of guest artists who bridge multiple musical worlds.

Featuring the world premiere performance of Gabriel Kahane’s Orinoco Sketches, Norwegian fiddling in Edvard Grieg’s popular Holberg Suite, improvised traditional folk songs by Pekka Kuusisto and Sam Amidon, and Magnus Lindberg’s Violin Concerto.

Watch it here