Boston Symphony Orchestra 2024-07-13
Tanglewood, Lenox, MA
Set 1
Simon Warmth from Other Suns:
I. Rays of Light
II. Flight
III. Settle
Beethoven Piano Concerto No. 4 - I. Allegro moderato
Beethoven Piano Concerto No. 4 - II. Andante con moto
Beethoven Piano Concerto No. 4 - III. Rondo - Vivace
Yuja Wang Encore No. 1 - Mendelssohn Songs Without Words Book 6, op. 67, No. 2
Yuja Wang Encore No. 2 - Prokofiev Sonata No. 7, Movt 3 "Precipitato"
I. Rays of Light
II. Flight
III. Settle
Beethoven Piano Concerto No. 4 - I. Allegro moderato
Beethoven Piano Concerto No. 4 - II. Andante con moto
Beethoven Piano Concerto No. 4 - III. Rondo - Vivace
Yuja Wang Encore No. 1 - Mendelssohn Songs Without Words Book 6, op. 67, No. 2
Yuja Wang Encore No. 2 - Prokofiev Sonata No. 7, Movt 3 "Precipitato"
Set 2
Ellington Three Black Kings - I. King of the Magi
Ellington Three Black Kings - II. King Solomon
Ellington Three Black Kings - III. Martin Luther King
Ellington Harlem (A Tone Parallel to Harlem)
Ellington Three Black Kings - II. King Solomon
Ellington Three Black Kings - III. Martin Luther King
Ellington Harlem (A Tone Parallel to Harlem)
Set 3
Comment
YUJA WANG PLAYS BEETHOVEN, NELSONS CONDUCTS SIMON AND ELLINGTON
Powerhouse pianist Yuja Wang joins the Boston Symphony Orchestra at Tanglewood in Beethoven's Piano Concerto No. 4, followed up by two captivating encores by Mendelssohn and Prokofiev. Her stellar playing is preceded by Warmth from Other Suns, a work of contemporary composer Carlos Simon. After the intermission, we hear a pair of compositions by jazz legend Duke Ellington, the orchestral triptych Three Black Kings and the symphonic jazz work, Harlem.
Saturday, July 13, 2024 at 8:00 PM EDT
Koussevitsky Music Shed, Tanglewood Music Center
Summer Home of the Boston Symphony Orchestra
Lenox, Massachusetts
Boston Symphony Orchestra
Andris Nelsons, conductor
Yuja Wang, piano soloist (Beethoven)
CARLOS SIMON* (born 1986): Warmth from Other Suns (original string quartet composed 2019; string orchestra version composed 2021)+
LUDWIG VAN BEETHOVEN (1770-1827): Piano Concerto No. 4 in G Major, op. 58 (composed 1805-1806)
EDWARD KENNEDY "DUKE" ELLINGTON (1899-1974): Three Black Kings (composed 1974, completed by Ellington's son Mercer, orchestration by Luther Henderson 1976)
Harlem (alternate title "A Tone Parallel to Harlem"; original jazz band version composed 1950; orchestration by Luther Henderson 1955)
*Inaugural BSO Composer Chair starting 2024-2025 season
+Premiere BSO performance
Powerhouse pianist Yuja Wang joins the Boston Symphony Orchestra at Tanglewood in Beethoven's Piano Concerto No. 4, followed up by two captivating encores by Mendelssohn and Prokofiev. Her stellar playing is preceded by Warmth from Other Suns, a work of contemporary composer Carlos Simon. After the intermission, we hear a pair of compositions by jazz legend Duke Ellington, the orchestral triptych Three Black Kings and the symphonic jazz work, Harlem.
Saturday, July 13, 2024 at 8:00 PM EDT
Koussevitsky Music Shed, Tanglewood Music Center
Summer Home of the Boston Symphony Orchestra
Lenox, Massachusetts
Boston Symphony Orchestra
Andris Nelsons, conductor
Yuja Wang, piano soloist (Beethoven)
CARLOS SIMON* (born 1986): Warmth from Other Suns (original string quartet composed 2019; string orchestra version composed 2021)+
LUDWIG VAN BEETHOVEN (1770-1827): Piano Concerto No. 4 in G Major, op. 58 (composed 1805-1806)
EDWARD KENNEDY "DUKE" ELLINGTON (1899-1974): Three Black Kings (composed 1974, completed by Ellington's son Mercer, orchestration by Luther Henderson 1976)
Harlem (alternate title "A Tone Parallel to Harlem"; original jazz band version composed 1950; orchestration by Luther Henderson 1955)
*Inaugural BSO Composer Chair starting 2024-2025 season
+Premiere BSO performance
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