European Union Youth Orchestra
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Performers
European Union Youth Orchestra
Iván Fischer, Conductor
Isata Kanneh-Mason, Piano
with
Guest Musicians from the Youth Symphony Orchestra of Ukraine
Program
ANNA CLYNE Masquerade
DOHNÁNYI Variations on a Nursery Tune, Op. 25
G. MAHLER Symphony No. 1
Encores:
GERSHWIN "The Man I Love" from Strike Up the Band
TEXIDOR DALMAU Amparito Roca
Event Duration
The printed program will last approximately two and one-half hours, including one 20-minute intermission.Major funding has been provided by Ronald E. Blaylock and Petra Pope.
At a Glance
This concert presents boldly colorful pieces from three centuries, two of them early works that already have their composers’ distinct styles. Anna Clyne’s 2013 Masquerade is a lively curtain opener that evokes London’s original 18th-century promenade concerts, providing, in Clyne’s words, a “sense of occasion and celebration.” Dohnányi’s impish but lyrical Variations on a Nursery Tune, Op. 25, have a virtuosic piano part that reflects the composer’s status as one of the greatest pianists of the 20th century. He wrote them “for the enjoyment of those with a sense of humor, to the annoyance of everyone else.” Mahler’s First Symphony offers an epic symphonic canvas, radical emotional shifts, a memorable funeral march, a juxtaposition of visionary and vernacular material, and a vivid evocation of nature, all of which he would continue to develop in his later symphonies. The orchestra is typically gigantic, including seven horns and four trumpets. A product of the late 19th century, the symphony has the passion and lyricism we associate with late Romanticism, but its structural, emotional, and harmonic innovations look toward the future.