About the event KORNGOLD Violin Concerto in D major, Op. 35 TCHAIKOVSKY Symphony No. 5 in E minor, Op. 64 Carmine Lauri violin Ben Gernon conductor Fate dealt a cruel hand to both Tchaikovsky and Korngold. As the former composer felt his world falling apart, he railed against his impending destiny with inspiring optimism in the fifth symphony. Korngold, exiled in Hollywood from Nazi-occupied Vienna, longed to write for the concert stage and plundered his best movie scores for th... See more >