Symphonieorchester des Bayerischen Rundfunks - BRSO

James Gaffigan & Janine Jansen

Thursday
27
March 2025
8:00 pm
Munich, Munich Residence, Herkulessaal

Introduction: 6:45 pm

Subscription B
Friday
28
March 2025
8:00 pm
Munich, Munich Residence, Herkulessaal

Introduction: 6:45 pm

Subscription B

Programme

William Grant Still
“Mother and Child” for string orchestra
Antonín Dvořák
“American Suite”, op. 98b
Interval
Leonard Bernstein
“Serenade after Plato’s Symposium” for violin, string orchestra and percussion
George Gershwin
“An American in Paris”

Performers

James Gaffigan conductor
Janine Jansen violin
Symphonieorchester des Bayerischen Rundfunks

Information about the programme

The tone colors of the strings in William Grant Still’s Mother and Child evoke the lovely flower meadows and the cradling one associates with the tender bonds between mother and child. Dvořák’s American Suite: raw, promising, yearning, impetuous, exciting – a musical depiction of the New World. Bernstein’s Serenade (after Plato’s Symposium) begins with a sighing, exquisitely flowing solo violin line, and with the addition of strings, harp, and percussion, turns into an unconventional, raging mix of styles with a “hint of jazz” at the end. The solo part is entrusted to the exceptional violinist Janine Jansen. Gershwin’s portrait of the French rush hour in An American in Paris concludes the concert. James Gaffigan will be conducting the BRSO for the third time in this very special program, which also promises to be incredibly exciting.

The concert on the radio

BR-KLASSIK will broadcast the concert live on the radio on Friday, 28 March 2025, from 8:03 pm.

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