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The Vienna Philharmonic and Nézet-Séguin transform Tchaikovsky’s Pathétique

By David Wolfson, 27 February 2022
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“a visceral moan of despair, set off by some extraordinarily eloquent silences”
Reviewed at Carnegie Hall: Stern Auditorium, New York City on 27 February 2022
Programme
Prokofiev, Romeo and Juliet (excerpts)
Tchaikovsky, Symphony no. 6 in B minor, "Pathétique", Op.74
Performers
Vienna Philharmonic
Yannick Nézet-Séguin, Conductor
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David Wolfson
David Wolfson
David Wolfson holds a PhD in composition from Rutgers University, and has taught at Rutgers University, Montclair State University and Hunter College. He is enjoying an eclectic career, having composed opera, musical theatre, touring children’s musicals, and incidental music for plays; choral music, band music, orchestral music, chamber music, art songs, and music for solo piano; comedy songs, cabaret songs and one memorable score for an amusement park big-headed-costumed-character show. You can find more information here.