Jakub Hrůša conducts Janáček, Rachmaninoff, and Dvořák
Boston Symphony Orchestra
Symphony Hall, Boston, MA
Today’s concert is taking place as planned
Due to continuing concerns over the risk of respiratory transmission of the COVID-19 virus through unmasked choral performances, the Boston Symphony Orchestra cannot perform Janáček's Glagolitic Mass on February 3, 4, and 5. In place of the originally scheduled program, conductor Jakub Hrůša will now lead the following program, featuring the BSO debut of the young Czech pianist Lukáš Vondráček.
Featuring
Program Notes & Works
Jealousy
Janáček discarded the set text, producing a kind of redacted “instrumental chant,” imparting the contours of sung Czech and reflecting his interest in capturing the “musical” essence of living speech.
Piano Concerto No. 2
The concerto went on to become one of Rachmaninoff’s most popular works, and Rachmaninoff’s confidence in his abilities as a composer was restored.
Symphony No. 6
The first movement of Dvořák’s Sixth Symphony is one of the most majestic in the literature—grand, rhetorical, and yet totally unselfconscious.
