The late-Romantic orchestral colors of Diakun's compatriot, composer Mieczysław Karłowicz, transport us to a festive, poetic masquerade ball. Hans Winterberg's Symphonic Dances, a world premiere, continue the orchestral celebration. The musical oeuvre forms the variety of polyrhythmic, often surreal music. Sergei Rachmaninov's Symphonic Dances build a bridge to his Prague colleague and conclude the concert with romantic melodies of tenderly violent beauty - the perfect soundtrack for a symphonic concert for the unprecedented.