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  Rossini Overture to La Gazza Ladra
• Tchaikovsky Symphony No. 2, “Little Russian”
• Mozart Piano Concerto No. 24

Rising English conductor Alexander Shelley conducts Tchaikovsky’s exuberant “Little Russian,” a work full of lively folk melodies from the Ukraine, a country referred to as “Little Russia” in Tchaikovsky’s day.  Having appeared to great acclaim, German pianist Lars Vogt makes his NAC Orchestra debut performing Mozart’s sublime Piano Concerto No. 24, a mature work considered one of the composer’s greatest, and a piece that even Beethoven admired.