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Dvořák’s New World Symphony

Yannick Nézet-Séguin - Conductor

Hélène Grimaud - Piano

program

Coleman - Umoja, for orchestra –WORLD PREMIERE- PHILADELPHIA ORCHESTRA COMMISSION

Bartók - Piano Concerto No. 3

INTERMISSION - Intermission

Dvořák - Symphony No. 9 ("From the New World")

Sunday, September 22, 2019

2:00 pm Verizon Hall

Umoja, a world premiere commission by American composer Valerie Coleman, launches our 2019-20 season. Ms. Coleman's spirited music draws from Afro-Cuban, jazz, and classical genres. Umoja—meaning unity in Swahili—is alive with all these influences.  Bartók's gorgeous Third Concerto, performed by Yannick's good friend Hélène Grimaud, is as vibrant today as the day The Philadelphia Orchestra and Eugene Ormandy gave the world premiere at the Academy of Music in 1946. This program, inspired by music of American roots, concludes with Dvořák's wondrous“New World” Symphony.
Dvorak's New World Symphony.pdf
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