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\u2022 Concertos featuring the student winners of the annual John Leatherwood Concerto Competition
\n\u2022 Jennifer Higdon: Blue Cathedral
\n\u2022 Johannes Brahms: Symphony No. 3
\n\u2022 Piotr Ilyich Tchaikovsky, Symphony No. 4, Finale
\n(joined by the Northwest Florida Symphony Youth Orchestra)<\/p>\n

Our annual spotlight on extraordinary young talent returns as the Northwest Florida Symphony Orchestra is joined by the winners of the John Leatherwood Concerto Competition, showcasing some of the most promising young soloists in our region.The program continues with Jennifer Higdon\u2019s Blue Cathedral, a luminous and meditative work that re\ufb02ects on life, loss, and transcendence. The evening also features Brahms\u2019 Symphony No. 3, a masterwork of emotional depth and lyrical beauty\u2014his most personal symphony, full of introspection and noble spirit. Concluding the concert is a special side-by-side performance with the Northwest Florida Symphony Youth Orchestra. 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