Vermont Symphony Orchestra Presents
VSO: East Meets West
Main Stage
About
The 2025-26 season opens with one of the world’s leading tabla virtuosos, Grammy Award-winning musician Sandeep Das, a 21-year member of the Silk Road Ensemble and collaborator with Paquito D’Rivera, Bobby McFerrin, Yo-Yo Ma amongst others. VSO also welcomes guest sitarist Rajib Karmakar to start the concert with the first movement of pioneering composer Ravi Shankar’s Symphony. Das follows with Sri Lankan/Canadian composer Dinuk Wijeratne’s brilliant Tabla Concerto, a three movement exploration of baroque, electronica, folk, and romantic styles. The concert completes its East/West connection with Mussorgsky’s Pictures at an Exhibition, a hugely popular, sweeping work masterfully orchestrated by Maurice Ravel. The piece gives a distinct musical voice to visual art and shows the full colors and virtuosity of the orchestra.
The concert begins at 7:30 p.m. and is preceded at 6:30 p.m. by Musically Speaking, a free pre-concert discussion that provides entertaining insight into the evening’s program.
PROGRAM
Andrew Crust, conductor
Sandeep Das, tabla
Rajib Karmakar, solo sitar
Ravi Shankar - Symphony (1. Allegro - Kafi Zila)
Dinuk Wijeratne - Tabla Concerto
Sandeep Das (arr. Crust) - Mohini
Intermission
Modest Mussorgsky/Maurice Ravel - Pictures at an Exhibition
