“Dutoit knows how to alchemize musical forces.”—Philadelphia Inquirer
Philadelphian bass-baritone Eric Owens performs Mahler’s first song cycle Lieder eines fahrenden Gesellen (Songs of a Wayfarer) in honor of the great soprano Marian Anderson. Ms. Anderson, a native Philadelphian, performed at Carnegie Hall 57 times throughout her life—the third highest number of performances by an African American. Lilacs, a musical setting of Walt Whitman’s “When the Lilacs in the Dooryard Bloom’d,” won George Walker the Pulitzer Prize for music, making him the first African American ever to win such an honor.
Pre-concert talk starts at 7:00 PM in Stern Auditorium/Perelman Stage with Dr. Aaron A. Flagg, Executive Director of the Music Conservatory of Westchester.
The Philadelphia Orchestra
Charles Dutoit, Chief Conductor and Artistic Adviser
Russell Thomas, Tenor
Eric Owens, Bass-Baritone
MILHAUD
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La création du monde, Op. 81
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GEORGE WALKER
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Lilacs
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MAHLER
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Lieder eines fahrenden Gesellen
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DVOŘÁK
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Symphony No. 9, "From the New World"
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