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Gustav Holst: The Planets
I am very excited to be conducting Holst’s The Planets once again – this time with the Peoria Symphony Orchestra on November 10. The project involves a new film commissioned by the PSO and created by the young, award-winning filmmaker Max Fedore and me. The project has given me an opportunity to look at Holst’s…
Read MoreSolemn Autumn. Solemn Harvest.
There’s a wonderful work for Flute and Harp by the American composer George Rochberg called “The Slow Fires of Autumn.” I must admit I knew about it long before I heard it because the title conjured such strong associations for me: leaf piles, leisurely wood fires somewhere in the distance, cold weather and warm cider,…
Read MoreConcert with the Juilliard Orchestra
Juilliard Orchestra March 29, 2012, 8:00 PM Alice Tully Hall – New York, NY George Walker: Elegy William Schumann: Cello Concerto – Jiyoung Lee. cello Ludwig van Beethoven: Symphony #4 Conductors are always looking for opportunities, and sometimes they come in the form of replacing a colleague who becomes ill or incapacitated. Such was the case…
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