Listen, see, learn, and experience the music to the fullest! Go Inside the Music to get a 360-degree view of the upcoming Holiday concerts and the creatives who bring the music to life in advance of the show – check it out below!
Across the Silk Road: Scheherazade
Saturday January 31, 2026 – 7:30PM
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Inside the Music
Across the Silk Road: Scheherazade Concert Program & Soloist Info
Across the Silk Road: Scheherazade – Inside the Music Interview
Interview with Assistant Conductor, Sarah Pearson and Guest Conductor, Akiko Fujimoto
Pre-Show Creative Conversation
Come early at 6:30pm for a Creative Conversation with Guest Conductor, Akiko Fujimoto! Join us before the concert to hear insights into the evening's program and exclusive details on the inspirations and lives of the artists who make the music come to life.
Across the Silk Road: Scheherazade – Listen and Learn More
Wolfgang Amadeus Mozart
Overture to The Abduction from Seraglio
Learn More:
Listen: NPR - Mozart's 'The Abduction from the Seraglio'
Read: The Abduction from the Seraglio, or the Art of Synthesis
Alexander Borodin
In the Steppes of Central Asia
Maurice Ravel
Mother Goose Suite
Nikolai Rimsky-Korsakov
Scheherazade
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