Symphony Tacoma Season Opener: Barber & Tchaikovsky

Sarah Ioannides, conductor Jennifer Frautschi, violin Stephanie Berg: Ravish and Mayhem Barber: Violin Concerto Tchaikovsky: Symphony No. 5 Timeless classics by Barber and Tchaikovsky paired with a new voice in the compositional world. Stephanie Berg’s Ravish and Mayhem is sizzling and fresh, “a little exotic with a lot of pizzazz.” Grammy-nominated violinist Jennifer Frautschi lends her mastery of Barber’s Violin Concerto’s lyrical passages with her 1722 Stradivarius violin. Tchaikovsky’s epic Symphony No. 5 concludes Symphony Tacoma’s season opener.