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CLASSICAL SERIES
Thursday, February 5, at 7 pm
Friday, February 6, at 8 pm
Saturday, February 7, at 8 pm
DVOŘÁK’S NEW WORLD
Nashville Symphony
Lawrence Foster, conductor
Kirill Gerstein, piano
LEONARD BERNSTEIN Symphony No. 2, “The Age of Anxiety’’
For Piano and Orchestra
After W.H. Auden
PART I
The Prologue
The Seven Ages (Variations I-VII)
The Seven Stages (Variations VIII-XIV)
PART II
The Dirge
The Masque
The Epilogue
Kirill Gerstein, piano
INTERMISSION
ANTONIN DVOŘÁK Symphony No. 9 in E minor, Op. 95, “From the New
World’’
Adagio - Allegro molto
Largo
Molto vivace
Allegro con fuoco
LEONARD BERNSTEIN Born on August 25, 1918, in Lawrence, Massachusetts; died on October 14, 1990, in New York City
Composed: 1947-49; revised in 1965
First performance: April 8, 1944, with Serge Koussevitzky conducting the Boston Symphony and the composer
as the piano soloist
First Nashville Symphony performance: December 2 & 3, 1994, with Music Director Kenneth Schermerhorn
and pianist Susan Starr
Estimated length: 38 minutes
What to listen for
ANTONIN LEOPOLD DVOŘÁK Born on September 8, 1841, in the village of Nelahozeves, just north of Prague; died on May 1, 1904, in Prague
Composed: 1893
First performance: December 16, 1893, at Carnegie Hall in New York, with Anton Seidel conducting the New
York Philharmonic
First Nashville Symphony performance: November 21, 1950, with Music Director William Strickland
Estimated length: 45 minutes
What to listen for
SIDEBAR: Dvořák’s American Impressions
ABOUT THE ARTISTS
LAWRENCE FOSTER, conductor
KIRILL GERSTEIN, piano
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