Listen Monday, February 3 at 8 p.m.
traveled to America in the 1890s, and this wild, new country thrilled him. He admired the beauty of African American spirituals and was fascinated by Native American traditions. When describing his 鈥淣ew World鈥� symphony, he said, 鈥淚 tried to write only in the spirit of those national American melodies,鈥� but his Ninth is clearly an expression of both the Old World and the new. It is joined by Eastman鈥檚 Second Symphony, and the world premiere of a new concerto by , written for principal trumpet Michael Sachs.
Cleveland Symphony
Franz Welzer-M枚st, conductor
Julius Eastman: Symphony No. 2
Wynton Marsalis: Trumpet Concerto (World Premiere, TCO Co-Commission)
Anton铆n 顿惫辞艡谩办: Symphony No. 9 in e Op 95 鈥楩rom the New World鈥�
Listen Monday, February 3 at 8 p.m.