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American Orchestras Mini - Students

 Mahler once said that a symphony is a world—this series presents a galaxy of music: Mahler’s massive Sixth Symphony, Ravel’s Mother Goose Suite, Shostakovich’s Sixth Symphony, and the New York premiere of Kaija Saariaho’s Laterna magica.

Series Events

Friday, Mar 9, 2012 | 7:30 PM
Boston Symphony Orchestra
Stern Auditorium / Perelman Stage

Performers

  • Boston Symphony Orchestra
    Stéphane Denève, Conductor
  • Peter Serkin, Piano

Program

  • RAVEL Ma Mère l'Oye (Mother Goose) Suite
  • STRAVINSKY Concerto for Piano and Winds
  • SHOSTAKOVICH Symphony No. 5
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The Boston Symphony Orchestra closes out its three-night stay at Carnegie Hall with the tuneful populism of Shostakovich’s best-known symphony. Premiered in 1937, the Fifth put the composer back in the good graces of Stalin and the Communist government, which had banned his notorious opera Lady Macbeth of Mtsensk the previous year and had always viewed Shostakovich as something of a troublemaker.
Wednesday, May 2, 2012 | 8 PM
New York Philharmonic
Stern Auditorium / Perelman Stage

Performers

  • New York Philharmonic
    Alan Gilbert, Music Director and Conductor

Program

  • MAHLER Symphony No. 6
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With imperious march music, moments of pastoral repose (complete with cowbells), and heaven-storming passages overflowing with joy, Mahler’s Sixth is a tumultuous whirlwind of musical extremes. Alan Gilbert leads the New York Philharmonic in the work that he has called his favorite Mahler symphony, a “powerful expression of life’s experiences.”
Mahler Symphony No. 6, "Tragic" (Allegro)
New York Philharmonic; Leonard Bernstein, Conductor
Sony
Wednesday, May 23, 2012 | 8 PM
The Cleveland Orchestra
Stern Auditorium / Perelman Stage

Performers

  • The Cleveland Orchestra
    Franz Welser-Möst, Music Director and Conductor
  • Gil Shaham, Violin

Program

  • BRAHMS Violin Concerto
  • KAIJA SAARIAHO Laterna magica (NY Premiere)
  • SHOSTAKOVICH Symphony No. 6 in B Minor
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Hear one of America’s greatest orchestras perform exemplary music from three centuries. The Cleveland Orchestra and Maestro Franz Welser-Möst are joined by acclaimed violinist Gil Shaham for a program that includes the New York premiere of Kaija Saariaho’s Laterna magica, a work inspired by the autobiography of Ingmar Bergmann, and works by Brahms and Shostakovich.
Laterna Magica
Finnish Radio Symphony Orchestra | Sakari Oramo, Conductor
Ondine
Brahms's Violin Concerto (Allegro giocoso, ma non troppo vivace - Poco piu presto)
Berliner Philharmoniker | Claudio Abbado, Conductor | Gil Shaham, Violin
Deutsche Grammophon

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