Andris Nelsons conducts Brahms, Habibi and Montgomery featuring Julia Bullock, soprano and Hilary Hahn, violin
Tanglewood
Koussevitzky Music Shed, Lenox/Stockbridge, MA
Boston Symphony Orchestra
Andris Nelsons, conductor
Julia Bullock, classical singer
Hilary Hahn, violin
Iman HABIBI Zhiân (world premiere; BSO commission)
Jessie MONTGOMERY Freedom Songs (BSO co-commission)
Intermission
BRAHMS Violin Concerto
Iman HABIBI Zhiân
World Premiere; commissioned by the Boston Symphony Orchestra, Andris Nelsons, Music Director; through the generous support of the New Works Fund, established by the Massachusetts Cultural Council, a state agency.
Jessie MONTGOMERY Freedom Songs
Co-commissioned by the Boston Symphony Orchestra, Andris Nelsons, Music Director; through the generous support of the New Works Fund, established by the Massachusetts Cultural Council, a state agency.
Performance Details
Jul 9, 2023, 2:30pm EDT
Program Notes & Works
Zhiân
Iman Habibi wrote his Zhiân on commission for the BSO, which gave the premiere under Andris Nelsons at Tanglewood in July 2023. Habibi was inspired by grass-roots protests in Iran following the death of a young woman, Mahsa Amini, at the hands of Iran’s “morality police.”
Freedom Songs
(BSO co-commission)