NEW YORK PHILHARMONIC PLAYS BRAHMS
New York PhilharmonicThe Philharmonic gives the Colorado premiere of To See the Sky by Joel Thompson in a powerful van Zweden-led program featuring the rousing Prelude to Act I of Wagner’s Die Meistersinger von Nürnberg and Brahms’ profound masterpiece Symphony No. 4.
Did you know?
Bahamas-born Joel Thompson often writes works involving social justice, but he envisions To See the Sky, commissioned by a consortium that included Bravo! Vail and the New York Philharmonic, as a more general invitation “to engage in an active introspection.”
Program Highlights
- Jaap van Zweden, conductor
WAGNER Prelude to Die Meistersinger von Nürnberg
JOEL THOMPSON To See the Sky (Colorado Premiere, Joint Commission of The American Composers Forum; New York Philharmonic; Atlanta Symphony; Aspen Music Festival; and Bravo! Vail)
BRAHMS Symphony No. 4
PRE-CONCERT TALK 5:15PM - Steven Bruns (University of Colorado Boulder), speaker in the Gerald R Ford Amphitheater Lobby.
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