Old World/New World

The Sarasota Orchestra highlights the technical agility of its brass and string sections during this intimate chamber performance at Holley Hall. The program bypasses standard symphonic repertoire to focus on complex, smaller-scale works, opening with André Previn’s jazz-inflected Four Outings for Brass. The ensemble then shifts to the melodic woodwind writing of Eugène Bozza’s Variations sur un thème libre, before closing the concert with the sweeping, romantic themes of Alexander Borodin’s String Quartet No. 2. The specialized setlist allows audiences to observe the intricate mechanics and close communication of the principal musicians outside the massive sonic footprint of a full orchestra.