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TCHAIKOVSKY & ROUSE: FINAL SYMPHONIES

September 30 & October 2, 2022 | Music Hall

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Powerful farewells by two great symphonists take us to new depths.

Program

PIOTR ILYICH TCHAIKOVSKY: Symphony No. 6, Pathétique

CHRISTOPHER ROUSE: Symphony No. 6

Artists

Louis Langrée, conductor

Venue

Music Hall

Series

Series 1

What's Interesting

Louis Langrée leads powerful farewells by two great symphonists. “I have put my whole soul into this,” Tchaikovsky said of his Sixth, a work full of drama and beauty. Christopher Rouse’s Sixth, which he knew would be his last, was commissioned by the CSO and posthumously premiered in 2019. Like Tchaikovsky’s Sixth, this is music that is highly personal and opts for intimacy, finishing in darkness. Said Rouse: “great forms and great concepts always have something new to offer.”

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What Critics Are Saying:

“[Rouse Symphony No. 6] a haunting and profound farewell, though not one of maudlin anguish or tearfulness…Mr. Rouse's final symphony is often tonal, directly stated and taut, with an uncanny timelessness. Hearing it, you might know it's from the past 100 years, though you would have a hard time saying exactly when."
—The New York Times

“Rouse's Sixth is not only arguably the finest of all his works in the genre but among the handful of truly great symphonies written by an American composer."
—Chicago Classical Review

“Rouse's Sixth Symphony has elements of tragedy, with heaven-rending climaxes of shattering impact. But there was also evidence of the composer’s love of life in moments of sincere beauty and lightheartedness. Written with exquisite care, it was one of the finest new works premiered in Music Hall in memory and seems destined to become known as one of the symphonic masterpieces of our time."
—Cincinnati Business Courier