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The Soundworld of Mary Lou Williams - 02/25/2024
Please note: This concert will be available on-demand until Tuesday, February 27 at 7:30PM ET. The concert may be reposted at a future date. If that happens, NWS Inside subscribers and single-stream buyers will be the first notified.
Contemplate the heavens with selections from Mary Lou William...
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Brahms 4 with MTT
Revisit MTT kicking off the New World Symphony’s extraordinary 31st with this stirring performance of Brahm's Fourth Symphony. Johannes Brahms, a true Romantic, has always been able to make hearts yearn with his rich harmonic language and beautiful melodies. Experience the ultimate longing as NWS...
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James Lee III: Visions of Cahokia
James Lee III studied at the University of Michigan, where his teachers included Michael Daugherty, William Bolcom and Bright Sheng. After completing his doctoral studies in 2005, Lee joined the faculty of Morgan State University in Baltimore, a historically Black college with an exceptional musi...
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Rachmaninoff: Concerto No. 2 in C minor for Piano and Orchestra, Op. 18
Following the disastrous premiere of his First Symphony in 1897, Rachmaninoff barely composed for three years. He finally sought help from the psychiatrist Nikolai Dahl in 1900, and after months of hypnotherapy he regained his confidence. Rachmaninoff started sketching the Second Piano Concerto t...
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Prokofiev: Suite from Romeo and Juliet
Sergei Prokofiev abandoned his homeland and his burgeoning career when he fled Russia in the wake of the October Revolution of 1917. After unsatisfying stints in the United States and France, he made the momentous decision in 1936 to resettle permanently in Moscow, and a major factor in that move...
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Solo Spotlight: The Land so Green with Hope
Join New World Symphony Piano Fellow Noah Sonderling for a recital of solo piano works linked by a theme of wandering, exploration and discovery. Featured on the program are pieces by George Enescu, Robert Schumann and NWS’s own Michael Tilson Thomas. The concert concludes with Franz Schubert’s W...
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Solo Spotlight: The Feminine Musique
"The Feminine Musique" is a solo harp recital that centers around music written by women composers. Each work will feature a different character or style of writing, showcasing a broad range of compositional personalities. Some selections include arrangements or transcriptions by the performer as...
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Inside the Music: Sisters in Sound
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Sisters in Sound celebrates the unsung works of women composers living as nuns in 16th and 17th century convents. Discover rarely heard but historically significant melodies from th...
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Season Finale: Denève and Ehnes - 05/12/2024
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Star Wars, E.T., Jaws and more… John Williams has captured the public imagination with his orchestral scores for Hollywood’s biggest films. Artistic Director Stéphane Denève...
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Side-By-Side Concert - 04/28/2024
The Side-by-Side Concert is an extraordinary opportunity for young instrumentalists (grades 7-12) to perform alongside the New World Symphony Fellows. The students share the New World Center’s stage and develop musical relationships with the Fellows as they rehearse and perform music of the highe...
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Concerto Showcase
Full program available here: https://www.nws.edu/events-tickets/concerts/2023-2024/concerto-showcase-2024/#/program
A New World Symphony tradition returns this April when LA Opera’s Lina González-Granados conducts concertos for harp, trumpet and violin performed by the winners of New World’s ann...
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Carlos Miguel Prieto + Pacho Flores - 02/11/2024
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Carlos Chávez
(1899-1978)
Approx. Duration: 11 minutes
Symphony No. 2, "Sinfonía india" (1935-36)
Ms. TurnerGabriela Ortiz
(b. 1964)
Approx. Duration: 22 minutes
Altar de Bronce Concerto for Trumpet and Orchestra (2023; NWS co-commission)
Mr. FloresPacho Flores
(b. 1981)
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Denève and Isabel Leonard - 01/21/2024
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Prepare for an enchanting experience as Artistic Director Stéphane Denève delves into musical storytelling through famous composers of his homeland. Grammy Award-winning mezzo-so...
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Rehearsal Observation: Ravel and Roussel - 01/18/2024, 16:31:19
Tune in for a behind the scenes look as the Fellows, Artistic Director Stéphane Denève and Conducting Fellow Molly Turner rehearse pieces by Maurice Ravel and Albert Roussel.
Alborada del gracioso (Morning Song of the Jester) (1904)
Maurice Ravel
Approx. Duration: 8 minutes
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Sounds of the Season - 12/17/2023
It’s 100% cheer as the NWS Fellows perform seasonal favorites decked out in their finest and funniest holiday costumes. Fun for the whole family, this festive concert led by NWS’s new Conducting Fellow Molly Turner honors a variety of cultural heritages and traditions.
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Mahler 6 - 11/05/2023
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Gustav Mahler—who said “a symphony must be like the world—it must contain everything”—created a vast panorama of life’s deepest emotions in his Sixth Symphony. Nicknamed the “Tragic,” it unflinchingly e...
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Denève: Prokofiev’s Romeo and Juliet - 10/14/2023
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Romance is in the air! Artistic Director Stéphane Denève returns for an emotional concert that explores true love and poetry. Inspired by Shakespeare’s star-crossed lovers, Serg...