Florence B. Price (1887-1953)
New World Symphony
September 19, 2018
by Marci Falvey
September 19, 2018
by Marci Falvey
On Saturday, September 22, NWS Fellows will come together on stage for the first time for the Pre-Season Orchestra Concert: Symphonic Roots.
Making his debut on the podium is conductor Joshua Weilerstein,
Artistic Director of the Lausanne Chamber Orchestra and former Assistant
Conductor of the New York Philharmonic. Joshua comes from a family of
famous musicians that includes his sister, cellist Alisa (who last
appeared with NWS in May 2017), father/violinist Donald and
mother/pianist Vivian Hornik.
Joshua will be leading Fellows in a special performance of Florence
Price’s Third Symphony--yet another NWS debut. Born in 1887, Price was
the first African-American woman to have a symphony performed by a major
orchestra in 1933. On his podcast Sticky Notes,
Joshua takes a deep dive into the life and music of this mostly unknown
composer, her powerfully original voice, what it means to perform her
music today and how to develop a performance tradition with music that
has been performed so rarely.
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