Antonio Vivaldi – Piccolo Concerto in C major, RV 443

John Corigliano – Fantasia on an Ostinato

Ludwig van Beethoven – Symphony #7 in A major, op. 92

William Schrickel launches his eleventh season as Music Director of the Metropolitan Symphony Orchestra with a Vivaldi piccolo concerto performed by MSO principal flute Madalyn Ellingson. The concert also spotlights Ludwig van Beethoven’s Seventh Symphony and American composer John Corigliano’s stunning Fantasia on an Ostinato, a work that deconstructs the haunting slow movement of Beethoven’s masterpiece.