Penderecki Comes to Nashville

Thursday
January 21, 2010, 7:00 p.m.- Laura Turner Concert Hall

Friday
January 22, 2010, 8:00 p.m.- Laura Turner Concert Hall

Saturday
January 23, 2010, 8:00 p.m.- Laura Turner Concert Hall

Nashville Symphony
Krzysztof Penderecki, Conductor
Barry Douglas, Piano
Roger Wiesmeyer, English Horn

Penderecki -  Adagietto from Paradise Lost for English Horn and String Orchestra
Shostakovich -  Symphony No. 6 in B minor, Op. 54
Penderecki -  Concerto for Piano “Resurrection”

Polish composer Krzysztof Penderecki has remained one of classical music’s most important and most talked-about figures for the past 50 years. Bold, resonant and deeply personal, his music has embraced an array of styles, from the expressive Romanticism of Richard Strauss to the bracing, energetic sounds of postwar modernism. He makes a rare visit to Nashville to conduct a specially chosen program that includes his Concerto for Piano “Resurrection,” a gripping, moving response to the events of 9/11. With a remarkable scope that recalls the symphonies of Mahler, but rendered in Penderecki’s singular voice, the work will feature the gifted pianist Barry Douglas. Penderecki will also lead the orchestra in Shostakovich’s alternately contemplative and lively Symphony No. 6.

Read the program notes.