Belmont Festival Orchestra Performs Tchailovsky Saturday
Nathaniel Meyer conducting the 5th Symphony at 2 p.m. at the Beech Street Center.
Nathaniel Meyer was thinking – as everyone who had heard the news – about the Sandy Hook Elementary School shooting and how the heartbreaking event connects to the work he is conducting Saturday afternoon, Dec. 29: Peter Ilyich Tchaikovsky’s Fifth Symphony. "[The fifth symphony] is a piece that deals with the movement of the human spirit from a place of tragedy to a place of triumph. I didn't really know that this piece would take on such meaning for me but we all heard about the [shooting] in Connecticut so there is no way I can play this piece without thinking about about those events," said Meyer. "I can't speak for everyone but [the tragic event] will definitely be on my mind," said Meyer. Meyer will conduct the Belmont Festival …
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