The Pines of Rome
The Pines of Rome
Jonathon Heyward closes his debut season as BSO Music Director drenched in the unabashed emotions of Richard Strauss’ swan song, sung by Artist in Residence Christine Goerke. Respighi’s evergreen depictions of towering pine trees around the Eternal City anchor the timelessness of this art form, while the future comes forward in a new work commissioned from hometown hero James Lee III. In Records from a Vanishing City, Jessie Montgomery pines for the gritty, multicultural Manhattan of her youth, spent in her father’s Lower East Side rehearsal studio for rock and jazz bands.
Artists
Jonathon Heyward, conductor
Christine Goerke , soprano
Repertoire
JESSIE MONTGOMERY Records from a Vanishing City
STRAUSS Four Last Songs
JAMES LEE III New work (BSO Commission)
RESPIGHI Pines of Rome
Funded in part by The Amphion Foundation, Inc.
The appearance of BSO Artist in Residence Christine Goerke is supported by the Alvin and Fanny B. Thalheimer Guest Artist Fund.
Item details
Date
Location
OffStage Digital Concerts
Name
BSO OffStage: The Pines of Rome
Notes
Premieres Friday, June 14 at 8 PM
All livestream performances are filmed at the Joseph Meyerhoff Symphony Hall. Recorded content will be available on demand approximately one week after the premiere and will be viewable for a full year after the premiere.
