Phoenix Symphony Artistic Partner Tito Muñoz leads the orchestra in music by four young composers who all were in their 30s when these works were written. Grammy Award-winning violinist Jennifer Koh, winner of the 1994 International Tchaikovsky Competition, returns to play Samuel Barber’s Violin Concertos. Its delicious melodies, poignant harmonies and restless momentum make it one of the composer’s most beloved works. Composing in a burst of energy, Robert Schumann completed his Symphony No. 1 in just four days. Nicknamed “Spring” Symphony, the joyous masterpiece, radiating optimism, was premiered by none other than Felix Mendelssohn on the podium. Two short works inspired by poems complete the program. “This Midnight Hour,” a mesmerizing, captivating piece by contemporary British composer Anna Clyne; and Sensemayá by Silvestre Revueltas, a brief work that first brought the Mexican composer to international attention, though not before his untimely death in 1940 at age 40.
“The closing Presto (of the Barber Violin Concerto) is a daredevil technical feat. Koh leaned into it, firing through the whirling note thickets. Her decisive accents and keen-edged sound gave the movement its angular, rhythmic pulse.” – San Francisco Classical Voice
Phoenix Symphony Artistic Partner Tito Muñoz leads the orchestra in music by four young composers who all were in their 30s when these works were written. Grammy Award-winning violinist Jennifer Koh, winner of the 1994 International Tchaikovsky Competition, returns to play Samuel Barber’s Violin Concertos. Its delicious melodies, poignant harmonies and restless momentum make it one of the composer’s most beloved works. Composing in a burst of energy, Robert Schumann completed his Symphony No. 1 in just four days. Nicknamed “Spring” Symphony, the joyous masterpiece, radiating optimism, was premiered by none other than Felix Mendelssohn on the podium. Two short works inspired by poems complete the program. “This Midnight Hour,” a mesmerizing, captivating piece by contemporary British composer Anna Clyne; and Sensemayá by Silvestre Revueltas, a brief work that first brought the Mexican composer to international attention, though not before his untimely death in 1940 at age 40.
“The closing Presto (of the Barber Violin Concerto) is a daredevil technical feat. Koh leaned into it, firing through the whirling note thickets. Her decisive accents and keen-edged sound gave the movement its angular, rhythmic pulse.” – San Francisco Classical Voice
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Sensamayá
This Midnight Hour
Violin Concerto, Op. 14
Symphony No. 1 in B-Flat Major, Op. 38 “Spring”
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