WAITING FOR THE LIGHT

JIŘÍ ANTONÍN BENDA Symphony No. 5 in G major WOLFGANG AMADEUS MOZART Violin Concerto No. 5 in A major KV 219 JAN VÁCLAV KALIVODA Symphony No. 5 in B minor, Op. 106 Milan Al-Ashhab violin Brno Philharmonic conductor Robert Kružík Concerts held during Advent shortly before Christmas Eve are dominated by the number five, which symbolically refers to the fifth candle, which people once placed in the middle of the Advent wreath and lit directly on Christmas Eve after dark. The fifth candle was white (a symbol of spiritual purity) and represented Jesus Christ himself. It was actually a messenger of light and hope…