Open Rehearsal: Joana Mallwitz conducts Kodály, Tchaikovsky, and Schubert with Anna Vinnitskaya, piano
Please allow additional arrival and entry time before your concert due to MBTA construction at the Symphony Green Line station. Parts of the sidewalk in front of Symphony Hall will be closed Mon-Fri 9:30am–3:30pm until further notice, however sidewalks will reopen two hours before BSO events
Joana Mallwitz, conductor
Anna Vinnitskaya, piano
KODÁLY Dances of Galánta
TCHAIKOVSKY Piano Concerto No. 1
Intermission
SCHUBERT Symphony in C, The Great
The orchestra opens with the lively Dances of Galánta (1933) by Hungarian composer Zoltán Kodály, which combines traditional folk melodies from the composer’s home region with a symphonic context. The excitement continues with German conductor Joana Mallwitz and Russian pianist Anna Vinnitskaya, both in their BSO debuts, performing Pyotr Tchaikovsky’s beloved and epic Piano Concerto No. 1, which originally premiered in Boston! In closing, Schubert’s towering Symphony in C, The Great, written near the end of his life and premiered a decade after his death by none other than Felix Mendelssohn.
The Pre-Rehearsal Talk on November 3 at 9:30am will be given by Marc Mandel, former BSO Director of Program Publications. Admission included with ticket.
