Dvořák Symphony No. 7 & Elgar Cello Concerto
Boston Symphony Orchestra
Symphony Hall, Boston, MA
Domingo Hindoyan, conductor
Pablo Ferrández, cello
Roberto SIERRA Sinfonía No. 6 (American premiere; co-commissioned by the Boston Symphony Orchestra, Andris Nelsons, Music Director, as part of the Koussevitzky150 initiative, with generous support from the New Works Fund established by the Massachusetts Cultural Council, a state agency, and Catherine and Paul Buttenwieser.)
ELGAR Cello Concerto
Intermission
DVOŘÁK Symphony No. 7
Thursday evening’s concert is supported by Nancy and Richard Lubin.
Thursday evening's performance by Pablo Ferrández is supported by Mary Cornille, in loving memory of Jack Cogan.
Saturday evening’s concert is in memory of Stephen R. Weber, supported by Dr. Dorothy A. Weber.
Saturday evening's performance by Pablo Ferrández is supported by Jim Aisner, in memory of his wife, Virginia Simpson Aisner.
Venezuelan conductor Domingo Hindoyan makes his BSO debut leading the American premiere of Roberto Sierra’s Symphony No. 6, a BSO co-commission. Also making his BSO debut is Spanish cellist Pablo Ferrández in Edward Elgar’s regal and impassioned Cello Concerto, often interpreted as a profound reaction to the First World War. One of the repertoire’s greatest symphonies, Czech composer Antonín Dvořák’s darkly majestic Symphony No. 7 exudes his love for his native Bohemia as well as the influence of his mentor, Johannes Brahms.
The Friday Preview talk on March 29 will begin at 12:15pm. Admission included with ticket.
Thursday's concert will end around 9:40pm, Friday's performance will end around 3:40pm, and Saturday's performance will end around 10:10pm.
Performance Details
Mar 28, 2024, 7:30pm EDT
Program Notes & Works
Sinfonía No. 6
Roberto Sierra's Symphony No. 6 contrasts urban complexity and beauty with his idyllic memories of growing up in the tropics, while also acknowledging nature’s tremendous and potentially destructive power.
Cello Concerto
Unlike the traditional three-movement concerto, Elgar's Cello Concerto has four movements, not for length and weight but for diversity and contrast.
Symphony No. 7 in D minor, Opus 70
Since it was only the second of his symphonies to appear in print, it was published as “No. 2.” But the manuscript described the work as Dvořák’s “6th Symphony”—and it was actually his seventh!
