NOI Philharmonic: Falletta Conducts 'Symphonie fantastique'
$20-$40 ($10 student/youth)
- Nikki Chooi, violin
- JoAnn Falletta, conductor
Max Bruch — Violin Concerto No. 1 in G minor, Op. 26
Hector Berlioz — Symphonie fantastique, Op. 14
JoAnn Falletta, a beloved regular conductor with the NOI+F, takes the podium for a program spotlighting the Romantic era, beginning with Hector Berlioz's cinematically enrapturing Symphonie fantastique. The centerpiece of this night of bombastic orchestral music, Berlioz's dramatic first (and likely best known) major symphony captures the somewhat autobiographical story of a heartbroken lover's mad opium trip. The daringly dreamlike composition established Berlioz at the forefront of the new progressive composers of his time. Prior to this five-part fantasy, the NOI Philharmonic will be joined by renowned violinist and Concertmaster of the Buffalo Philharmonic Orchestra Nikki Chooi for a recital of the German Romantic composer Max Bruch's Violin Concerto No. 1 in G minor. Phenomenally popular since its 1866 premiere, the work's passionately emotional and rigorously complex passages for violin make it one of the classical world's most enduring and exciting bravura showcases. We begin with a brief but equally rousing piece specially selected by Falletta to set the evening's tone: contemporary American composer Adolphus Hailstork's robust Fanfare on Amazing Grace.
Pre-concert lecture at 6:30pm in the Grand Pavillion. More information: https://theclarice.umd.edu/events/2024/noif-spark-lounge-2
About Nikki Chooi, violin
About JoAnn Falletta, conductor
Dekelboum Concert Hall at The Clarice Smith Performing Arts Center
8270 Alumni DrCollege Park, MD 20742
United States