Haydn’s “Surprise” Symphony 

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Surprises abound in this program curated by SPCO Principal
Horn James Ferree! Dmitri Shostakovich’s “Elegy and Polka” — not performed as
often as his other works — are excerpted arrangements from his opera Lady
Macbeth of the Mtsensk District and ballet The Golden Age.  Embracing the spirit of surprise, the
program’s titular work is Franz Joseph Haydn’s delightful Symphony No. 94,
nicknamed the Surprise … no spoilers, please!