Florence Price's First Symphony gets its Philadelphia Orchestra debut

Von Mark Pullinger, 26 November 2020

Laden, bitte warten...

“Nézet-Séguin took an expansive, exploratory approach, revelling in the tender woodwind exchanges”

Rezensierte Veranstaltung: Kimmel Center: Marian Anderson Hall, Philadelphia, am 25 November 2020

Barber, Adagio für Streicher, Op.11a

Price, Symphony no. 1 in E minor

The Philadelphia Orchestra

Yannick Nézet-Séguin, Musikalische Leitung

Entdeckungsreise Florence Price mit Nézet-Séguin beim Musikfest Berlin

Christoph Wurzel, 1st September

Zwei starke Frauen der Musik traten beim Musikfest Berlin im Konzert des Philadelphia Orchestra hervor: als Solistin Lisa Batiashvili und als Komponistin Florence Price.

*****

Marsalis und Gonzalez-Granados: Traumpaar auf dem Konzertbildschirm

Michael Klier, 12th November

Der ungekrönte Star des Abends war Branford Marsalis, der träumerisch mit Glasunows sehnsuchtsvollen Melodien verzzauberte.

****1

A superb Salzburg sojourn: Philadelphia Orchestra plays Mozart

Cameron Kelsall, 11th April

Guest conductor Harry Bicket brings a sense of urgency to Mozart's Requiem and pulse-quickening energy to Symphony no. 40.

****1

Energy, precision and drama from the Philadelphia Orchestra

Susan Stempleski, 31st March

Marin Alsop is joined by pianist Hayato Sumino as she conducts the Philadelphians in an exhilarating program of works by John Adams, Gershwin and Prokofiev.

****1

Amy Beach’s Gaelic returns to Philadelphia after 100-year absence

Cameron Kelsall, 12th March

Conducted by Yannick Nézet-Séguin, the Philadelphia Orchestra’s latest concert also features Liszt’s Second Piano Concerto with Marc-André Hamelin.

****1

When we dead awaken: Mahler 2 returns to Philadelphia

Cameron Kelsall, 8th March

Yannick Nézet-Séguin and the Philadelphia Orchestra deliver a supreme meditation on the power of music and faith.

*****

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Mark Pullinger

Mark has been a Bachtrack editor since 2014. He is also an experienced critic, writing hundreds of reviews for the site, as well as a freelancer writing for other magazines and newspapers. He also writes programme notes and blogs on Substack. Mark has a particular passion for the operas of Verdi as well as Russian and French repertoire. Outside the concert hall and opera house, Mark enjoys cooking and travel and is probably at his happiest let loose in a French patisserie or a Viennese coffee house.