
April 7-8, 2023
Shostakovich Symphony No. 5
DANIEL BJARNASON: New Work, Part I [US Premiere, CSO Co-Commission]
SERGEI RACHMANINOFF: Piano Concerto No. 1
DMITRI SHOSTAKOVICH: Symphony No. 5
THIBAUDET PLAYS LISZT
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SubscribeLouis Langrée leads works that employ a fusion of styles and Thibaudet returns.
QIGANG CHEN: The Five Elements
FRANZ LISZT: Piano Concerto No. 2
ZHOU TIAN: The Palace of Nine Perfections
MAURICE RAVEL: Rapsodie espagnole
Series 1
Louis Langrée leads works inspired by a fusion of cultures. Qigang Chen and GRAMMY-nominated Chinese-American composer Zhou Tian discover new sounds through the combination of Eastern and Western styles. Ravel, who cherished Liszt’s music, pulls from his Basque heritage for Rapsodie espagnole. French Pianist Jean-Yves Thibaudet, celebrated for playing with “both clarity and freedom” (The New York Times), returns for Liszt’s jubilant Second Concerto.
"Mr. Thibaudet played with sophistication and suavity.”
—The New York Times
"[Chen's] compositions display real inventiveness, very great talent and a total assimilation of Chinese thinking to European musical concepts."
—Olivier Messiaen
“It made for one of the most creative…concerts heard at Music Hall this season. Zhou’s [Trace]…opened the concert on a lush, neo-impressionistic note. The work recalls a vanished China, one replaced by industrialization…A playful, folk-like tune inserted toward the end sealed it with nostalgia.”
—The Cincinnati Enquirer
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DANIEL BJARNASON: New Work, Part I [US Premiere, CSO Co-Commission]
SERGEI RACHMANINOFF: Piano Concerto No. 1
DMITRI SHOSTAKOVICH: Symphony No. 5
HECTOR BERLIOZ: Overture to Les Francs-Juges ("The Secret Court")
MARK SIMPSON: Piano Concerto [US Premiere, CSO Co-Commission]
CAMILLE SAINT-SAENS: Symphony No. 3, Organ
DARIUS MILHAUD: La création du monde ("The Creation of the World")
COURTNEY BRYAN: Piano Concerto [World Premiere, (orchestral version), CSO Co-Commission]
DUKE ELLINGTON: Night Creature
GEORGE GERSHWIN: An American in Paris