Ludwig Carrasco, director artístico
Alexandra Conunova, violín
Program:
Fung, Prayer
Tchaikovsky, Concerto for violin, op. 35
Bartok, Concerto for Orchestra
Ludwig Carrasco, director artístico
Alexandra Conunova, violín
Program:
Fung, Prayer
Tchaikovsky, Concerto for violin, op. 35
Bartok, Concerto for Orchestra
Orchestre National de France Music Director and World Youth Symphony Orchestra Artistic Director and Principal Conductor Cristian Măcelaru takes the podium as the World Youth Symphony Orchestra welcomes Queen Elisabeth Competition-winning violinist Ray Chen.
Hailed by The New York Times as “charismatic and expressive,” Chen joins the orchestra for a performance of Tchaikovsky’s Violin Concerto, Op. 35. Vivian Fung’s “Earworms” and Manuel de Falla’s Three-Cornered Hat Suite No. 2 complete a must-see program.
Door time: 7:00pm
Show time: 7:30pm
Program:
Vivian Fung, Prayer
Sergei Rachmaninoff, Piano Cocnerto No. 2, Op. 18
Edvard Grieg, Suites from Peer Gynt
Door time: 6:00pm
Show time: 6:30pm
Program:
Vivian Fung, Prayer
Sergei Rachmaninoff, Piano Cocnerto No. 2, Op. 18
Edvard Grieg, Suites from Peer Gynt
The 63rd season kicks off with Maestro Măcelaru leading the Festival Orchestra in works by Vivian Fung, Helen Grime, Nina Young, and Karim Al-Zand.
Beginning our season, San Jose-based, JUNO Award-winning, Canadian composer Vivian Fung‘s West Coast premiere of Parade captures the essence of community amid solitude, reflecting on the journey from isolation to togetherness experienced during the pandemic. Inspired by the San Francisco Lunar New Year parade, Fung intertwines chaos and melancholy with empathy and gratitude, echoing the spirit of celebration amidst adversity.
Concert Timings:
December 5, 2024, 8:00pm
December 6, 2024, 8:00pm
December 7, 2024, 8:00pm
Program:
Fung, Prayer
Rodrigo, Fantasy for a Gentleman
Dvorak, Symphony No. 8
Concert Timings:
December 5, 2024, 8:00pm
December 6, 2024, 8:00pm
December 7, 2024, 8:00pm
Program:
Fung, Prayer
Rodrigo, Fantasy for a Gentleman
Dvorak, Symphony No. 8
Sameer Patel, conductor
Nancy Zhou, violin
Program:
Gabriella Smith, Bioluminescence Chaconne
Vivian Fung, Violin Concerto No. 1
Claude Debussy, Sirènes, from Nocturnes
Gabriel Fauré, Pavane
Maurice Ravel, Daphnix et Chloé, Suite No. 2
Concert Timings:
December 5, 2024, 8:00pm
December 6, 2024, 8:00pm
December 7, 2024, 8:00pm
Program:
Fung, Prayer
Rodrigo, Fantasy for a Gentleman
Dvorak, Symphony No. 8
Sameer Patel, conductor
Nancy Zhou, violin
Program:
Gabriella Smith, Bioluminescence Chaconne
Vivian Fung, Violin Concerto No. 1
Claude Debussy, Sirènes, from Nocturnes
Gabriel Fauré, Pavane
Maurice Ravel, Daphnix et Chloé, Suite No. 2
Anna Duczmal-Mróz, conductor
Michael Sachs, trumpet
Program:
Fung, Earworms
Marsalis, Trumpet Concerto
Schumann, Symphony No. 2
Anna Duczmal-Mróz, conductor
Michael Sachs, trumpet
Program:
Fung, Earworms
Marsalis, Trumpet Concerto
Schumann, Symphony No. 2
Marie Jacquot, conductor
Midori, violin
Deutsches Symphonie-Orchester Berlin
Program:
Vivian Fung, Earworms
Antonin Dvorak, Violin Concerto in A minor
Amy Beach, Gaelic Symphony in E minor
Fredonia Chamber Orchestra performs Pizzicato.
Rune Bergmann, conductor
Program:
Fung, Prayer
Beethoven, Piano Concerto No. 5 , “Emperor”
Sibelius, Symphony No. 2
Rune Bergmann, conductor
Program:
Fung, Prayer
Beethoven, Piano Concerto No. 5 , “Emperor”
Sibelius, Symphony No. 2
My residency in New York includes two performances by the Buffalo Philharmonic on April 20th and 21st, performing Prayer, and a few days at SUNY Fredonia! I will be giving a masterclass and lecture at Fredonia, and the Chamber Orchestra will be performing Pizzicato on April 24th!
Conductor Rebecca Tong leads the Indianapolis Symphony Orchestra in this celebratory program that honors Women’s History Month. Violinist and Sphinx collaborator Melissa White returns to Hilbert Circle Theatre to perform Florence Price’s Violin Concerto. The program also features six female composers from around the world, including Brazil, the United States, China, Canada, Indonesia, and Mexico. Florence Price was a trailblazer who created a successful career at a time when there were few opportunities for female composers. The rest of the composers featured continue to blaze trails in the 21st century with their wide range of styles and perspectives, standing at the forefront of classical compositions today.
Program
Clarice Assad, Bonecos de Olinda
Florence Price, Violin Concerto #1
Chen Yi, Ge Xu for orchestra
Vivian Fung, Earworms
Eunike Tanzil, Scene of a Voyage
Gabriela Ortiz, Antropolis
Missoula Symphony Orchestra’s Masterwork #3: In Nature’s Realm on March 2 & 3, 2024 includes:
Antonín Dvořák: In Nature's Realm Overture, Op.91
Scott Billadaeu: Nothing Gold Can Stay
Vivian Fung: Violin Concerto No. 1
Ludwig van Beethoven: Symphony No. 6 "Pastorale"
Missoula Symphony Orchestra’s Masterwork #3: In Nature’s Realm on March 2 & 3, 2024 includes:
Antonín Dvořák: In Nature's Realm Overture, Op.91
Scott Billadaeu: Nothing Gold Can Stay
Vivian Fung: Violin Concerto No. 1
Ludwig van Beethoven: Symphony No. 6 "Pastorale"
Henry M. Gunn High School Chamber Orchestra performs Pizzicato at the Orchestra Cup Competition.
Welcome the Year of the Dragon with the San Francisco Symphony! Our annual Lunar New Year event draws upon Asian traditions, past and present, in a celebration of music and community.
Mei-Ann Chen, conductor
Paul Huang, Violin
Program
Spring Festival Overture, Huan-zhi Li
New Year Greetings, Phoon Yew Tien
Jasmine Flower, Traditional (arr. Li Wenping)
Music from Folk Songs for Orchestra, Huang Ruo
Pizzicato, Vivian Fung
Music from Violin Concerto: Fire Ritual, Tan Dun
Ali Mountain Evergreen, Che Chang (arr. Yuan-kai Bao)
Gong Xi Gong Xi, Chen Ge Xin (arr. Che-Yi Lee)
Get swept away by one of the most popular classical pieces of all time: Bach’s Concerto in D Minor for 2 violins, played by a truly talented TBSO couple, Christopher Stork and Kimberly Durflinger. Thunder Bay Symphony Chorus takes the stage for Bach’s unforgettable cantata “Nach Dir, Herr, verlanget mich”, which translates roughly to “For you, Lord, is my desire.” On top of that, we get to hear a Baroque-inspired contemporary jewel, “Baroque Melting” by Vivian Fung. And it doesn’t stop there! Featuring pieces by Purcell, Gluck, and Rebel, this concert promises to be a wild emotional ride – and a good time!
Program
Purcell, Selections from The Fairy Queen
Bach, Concerto in D minor for two violins
Vivaldi, La Follia Trio Sonata in D Minor
Fung, Baroque Melting
Rebel, Les Élémens
Symphony Nova Scotia performs the Canadian Premiere of Parade at the Open Waters Festival in Halifax.
Performance features conductor Karl Hirzer and cellist India Gailey.
Naples Philharmonic
Marie Jacquot, conductor
Vadim Gluzman, violin
Prelude, 7:00pm
Concert, 8:00pm
Program
Fung, Earworms
Tchaikovsky, Violin Concerto
Brahms, arr. Schoenberg, Piano Quartet in G Minor
Naples Philharmonic
Marie Jacquot, conductor
Vadim Gluzman, violin
Prelude, 7:00pm
Concert, 8:00pm
Program
Fung, Earworms
Tchaikovsky, Violin Concerto
Brahms, arr. Schoenberg, Piano Quartet in G Minor
With unparalleled dramatic power, the Coriolan Overture will set the tone from the first chords of the score. After this famous page, the sparkling violinist Nemanja Radulovic, with his rocker style and incomparable talent, will be the interpreter of Tchaikovsky's unique Violin Concerto. Diabolically difficult for the soloist, this work, laden with mystery, composed in the middle of a love slump, is madly romantic! The Orchestra's spells will also radiate the incandescent and fiery Earworms by Canadian composer Vlivian Fung, a delicious prelude to the heady waltzes of Richard Strauss' Rosenkavalier which restore all the charm and perfume of an imperial ball in Vienna. Sascha Goetzel will be keen to share this festive season-opening program with all the ONPL musicians and teams.
Program
Ludwig van Beethoven, Overture to Coriolanus
Piotr Ilitch Tchaikovsky, Violin Concerto
Vivian Fung, Earworms (French Premiere)
Richard Strauss, The Rosenkavalier
Performance dates and times
September 24, 2023 - 5:00pm at Centre de Congrès
September 26, 2023 - 8:00pm at La Cité des Congrès
September 27, 2023 - 8:00pm at La Cité des Congrès
September 28, 2023 - 8:00pm at Centre de Congrès
September 29, 2023 - 8:30pm at Seine Musicale
With unparalleled dramatic power, the Coriolan Overture will set the tone from the first chords of the score. After this famous page, the sparkling violinist Nemanja Radulovic, with his rocker style and incomparable talent, will be the interpreter of Tchaikovsky's unique Violin Concerto. Diabolically difficult for the soloist, this work, laden with mystery, composed in the middle of a love slump, is madly romantic! The Orchestra's spells will also radiate the incandescent and fiery Earworms by Canadian composer Vlivian Fung, a delicious prelude to the heady waltzes of Richard Strauss' Rosenkavalier which restore all the charm and perfume of an imperial ball in Vienna. Sascha Goetzel will be keen to share this festive season-opening program with all the ONPL musicians and teams.
Program
Ludwig van Beethoven, Overture to Coriolanus
Piotr Ilitch Tchaikovsky, Violin Concerto
Vivian Fung, Earworms (French Premiere)
Richard Strauss, The Rosenkavalier
Performance dates and times
September 24, 2023 - 5:00pm at Centre de Congrès
September 26, 2023 - 8:00pm at La Cité des Congrès
September 27, 2023 - 8:00pm at La Cité des Congrès
September 28, 2023 - 8:00pm at Centre de Congrès
September 29, 2023 - 8:30pm at Seine Musicale
With unparalleled dramatic power, the Coriolan Overture will set the tone from the first chords of the score. After this famous page, the sparkling violinist Nemanja Radulovic, with his rocker style and incomparable talent, will be the interpreter of Tchaikovsky's unique Violin Concerto. Diabolically difficult for the soloist, this work, laden with mystery, composed in the middle of a love slump, is madly romantic! The Orchestra's spells will also radiate the incandescent and fiery Earworms by Canadian composer Vlivian Fung, a delicious prelude to the heady waltzes of Richard Strauss' Rosenkavalier which restore all the charm and perfume of an imperial ball in Vienna. Sascha Goetzel will be keen to share this festive season-opening program with all the ONPL musicians and teams.
Program
Ludwig van Beethoven, Overture to Coriolanus
Piotr Ilitch Tchaikovsky, Violin Concerto
Vivian Fung, Earworms (French Premiere)
Richard Strauss, The Rosenkavalier
Performance dates and times
September 24, 2023 - 5:00pm at Centre de Congrès
September 26, 2023 - 8:00pm at La Cité des Congrès
September 27, 2023 - 8:00pm at La Cité des Congrès
September 28, 2023 - 8:00pm at Centre de Congrès
September 29, 2023 - 8:30pm at Seine Musicale
With unparalleled dramatic power, the Coriolan Overture will set the tone from the first chords of the score. After this famous page, the sparkling violinist Nemanja Radulovic, with his rocker style and incomparable talent, will be the interpreter of Tchaikovsky's unique Violin Concerto. Diabolically difficult for the soloist, this work, laden with mystery, composed in the middle of a love slump, is madly romantic! The Orchestra's spells will also radiate the incandescent and fiery Earworms by Canadian composer Vlivian Fung, a delicious prelude to the heady waltzes of Richard Strauss' Rosenkavalier which restore all the charm and perfume of an imperial ball in Vienna. Sascha Goetzel will be keen to share this festive season-opening program with all the ONPL musicians and teams.
Program
Ludwig van Beethoven, Overture to Coriolanus
Piotr Ilitch Tchaikovsky, Violin Concerto
Vivian Fung, Earworms (French Premiere)
Richard Strauss, The Rosenkavalier
Performance dates and times
September 24, 2023 - 5:00pm at Centre de Congrès
September 26, 2023 - 8:00pm at La Cité des Congrès
September 27, 2023 - 8:00pm at La Cité des Congrès
September 28, 2023 - 8:00pm at Centre de Congrès
September 29, 2023 - 8:30pm at Seine Musicale
With unparalleled dramatic power, the Coriolan Overture will set the tone from the first chords of the score. After this famous page, the sparkling violinist Nemanja Radulovic, with his rocker style and incomparable talent, will be the interpreter of Tchaikovsky's unique Violin Concerto. Diabolically difficult for the soloist, this work, laden with mystery, composed in the middle of a love slump, is madly romantic! The Orchestra's spells will also radiate the incandescent and fiery Earworms by Canadian composer Vlivian Fung, a delicious prelude to the heady waltzes of Richard Strauss' Rosenkavalier which restore all the charm and perfume of an imperial ball in Vienna. Sascha Goetzel will be keen to share this festive season-opening program with all the ONPL musicians and teams.
Program
Ludwig van Beethoven, Overture to Coriolanus
Piotr Ilitch Tchaikovsky, Violin Concerto
Vivian Fung, Earworms (French Premiere)
Richard Strauss, The Rosenkavalier
Performance dates and times
September 24, 2023 - 5:00pm at Centre de Congrès
September 26, 2023 - 8:00pm at La Cité des Congrès
September 27, 2023 - 8:00pm at La Cité des Congrès
September 28, 2023 - 8:00pm at Centre de Congrès
September 29, 2023 - 8:30pm at Seine Musicale
Prayer will be performed at the Peninsula Music Festival in Ephraim, WI.
More details to come!
Interlochen Philharmonic Week 4 - Carolyn Watson, cond.
Samuel Coleridge-Taylor, Ballade for Orchestra, Op. 33
Vivian Fung, Prayer
Zoltán Kodály, Háry János Suite
The Grant Park Orchestra welcomes the sensational young conductor Gemma New for Tchaikovsky's thumping Piano Concerto No. 1. The program includes American composer Samuel Barber's late-Romantic Symphony No. 1 and a piece inspired by the very skyline that lends so much majesty to the Festival's environs — Vivian Fung's Aqua, written after the skyscraper of the same name designed by Chicago architect Jeanne Gang.
Program
Vivian Fung, Aqua
Pyotr Ilyich Tchaikovsky, Piano Concerto No. 1
Samuel Barber, Symphony No. 1
Open rehearsals will be Tuesday, July 11th and Wednesday, July 12th
There will also be a pre-concert lecture Wednesday, July 12th from 5:30-6:00pm
Michael Stern is back with another program that stirs the imagination. Vivian Fung is one of the most original voices in the musical firmament today and Prayer reflects her thoughtfulness and superb skill. Fung translates a chant by medieval abbess and visionary Hildegard von Bingen into an ethereal contemplation for our time.
With creative genius that shines across the centuries, Ludwig van Beethoven’s Symphony No. 1 announced to the world that it was no longer business as usual for symphonic music. Time has not dimmed the freshness and innovative quality of his music and you will want to hear how it’s new all over again.
NRO musicians are superbly talented, and we love to feature them in solo roles. This program will include a concerto showcasing one of our NRO stars in music that is a perfect fit with everything else on the concert.
The first symphony of another creative genius — Dmitri Shostakovich — closes out this program. Composed to fulfill graduation requirements at the Leningrad Conservatory when Shostakovich was only 18 years old, his Symphony No. 1 is no student exercise but rather a confident work that earned him international fame and displayed the exceptional voice that would infuse all of his music. Relish the sharp wit, pungent textures, melancholy reminisces, and agitated melodies that fill this exceptional symphony.
Program
Ludwig van Beethoven, Symphony No. 1
Mario Castelnuovo-Tedesco, Concertino for Harp and Chamber Orchestra
Vivian Fung, Prayer
Dmitri Shostakovich, Symphony No. 1
The PSO’s final mainstage performance of the season features two powerfully evocative works: Vivian Fung’s Dust Devils and Edward Elgar’s Enigma Variations. Dust Devils captures the journey of emotional swirls in the mind—both calm and full of raw intense energy. Enigma Variations tours us through the personal landscape of Elgar’s life with a selection of musical characterizations of the people who were closest to him. The concert will also include a performance by the 2023 Young Artist Competition winner.
PROGRAMM
Vivian Fung (*1975)
Prayer
Dmitri Schostakowitsch (1906–1975)
Cellokonzert Nr. 1 Es-Dur op. 107
Jean Sibelius (1865–1957)
Sinfonie Nr. 1 e-Moll op. 39
The San Jose Chamber Orchestra is performing the world premiere of “ZOFO Encajonado,” a concertino in three movements for piano four hands, cajon and strings, on May 14 at 7 p.m. at St. Francis Episcopal Church, 1025 Pine Ave.
Pablo Ortiz wrote the piece for ZOFO—pianists Eva-Maria Zimmermann and Keisuke Nakagoshi—who will play with the San José Chamber Orchestra under conductor Barbara Day Turner.
The program also features the Bach Violin Concerto in A minor, with 2022 Klein winner Jaewon Wee as violin soloist, and a trio of short works by composers Brent Heisinger, Vivian Fung and Astor Piazzolla.
PROGRAMM
Vivian Fung (*1975)
Prayer
Dmitri Schostakowitsch (1906–1975)
Cellokonzert Nr. 1 Es-Dur op. 107
Jean Sibelius (1865–1957)
Sinfonie Nr. 1 e-Moll op. 39
PROGRAMM
Vivian Fung (*1975)
Prayer
Dmitri Schostakowitsch (1906–1975)
Cellokonzert Nr. 1 Es-Dur op. 107
Jean Sibelius (1865–1957)
Sinfonie Nr. 1 e-Moll op. 39
Léa Moisan-Perrier, cheffe d’orchestre
Rose Naggar-Tremblay, contralto
Alexandra Odgers Fantaisie hivernale
Ernest Chausson Poème de l’amour et de la mer, op. 19
Ludwig van Beethoven Symphonie no 6 “Pastorale”
Beethoven’s Ninth Symphony always invigorates and the famous “Ode to Joy” delivers a powerful message of unity and peace. The program also features thoughtful and reflective pieces by two of today’s celebrated women composers, Canadian Vivian Fung and American Jessie Montgomery.
Conducted by Michael Stern
Program to include:
Montgomery, Hymn for Everyone
Fung, Prayer
Beethoven, Symphony No. 9
