Elmhurst Symphony performs works of European composers

The Elmhurst Symphony Orchestra will bring its season to a close with a performance featuring Baird Dodge, the principal second violin of the Chicago Symphony Orchestra, in an evening celebrating European composers.

The Stanger Young Artist Audition winner violist Aditi Prakash also will join the orchestra as a featured soloist.

The concert begins at 7 p.m. Saturday, May 5, at the Elmhurst Christian Reformed Church, 149 W. Brush Hill Road, Elmhurst. The church has accessible parking and facilities; parking is free.

The guest artists and symphony, under the baton of Music Director and Conductor Stephen Alltop, will take audiences on a musical journey through Europe as Dodge plays music of Saint-Saëns and Prakash performs the first movement of Walton's "Concerto for Viola and Orchestra."

Also on the program are Weber's "Overture to Oberon" and Hindemith's "Symphonic Metamorphosis on Themes of Carl Maria von Weber."

Before the concert, Ted Hatmaker will lead a "Behind the Music" discussion with the audience beginning at 5:45 p.m.

Concert tickets are $35 for adults, $32 for seniors and $12 for students. Group and family rates also are available. Tickets are available through the ESO box office at (630) 941-0202 or esoboxoffice@gmail.com.