Overview
Recovered Voices
James Conlon makes his BSO conducting debut with a program that raises the voices of composers silenced throughout history. William Levi Dawson, an African American composer, garnered a great deal of short-lived attention in 1934 when his Negro Folk Symphony was premiered by Leopold Stokowski and The Philadelphia Orchestra. Alexander von Zemlinsky, a prominent composer in the 1920s, was suppressed by the Nazi regime. His Die Seejungfrau (The Mermaid) is a lyrical symphonic poem based on the tale by Hans Christian Anderson.
Artists
James Conlon, conductor
James Conlon, conductor
Repertoire
DAWSON Negro Folk Symphony
ZEMLINSKY Die Seejungfrau (The Mermaid)
DAWSON Negro Folk Symphony
ZEMLINSKY Die Seejungfrau (The Mermaid)