(Section C)
Led by Laurance Turner
Conducted by Herbert Menges
Serge Prokofiev is considered one of the leading contemporary composers of Russia, and in his numerous works, such as the opera, The Love for Three Oranges, he has shown himself to be a master technician and a composer of great individuality. His Classical Symphony, however, is not really representative of his style. It was composed as a jeu d'esprit which, both in form and in idiom, harks back to the time of Haydn and Mozart.