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Roderick Cox
Choong-Jin Chang
The nostalgic and hopeful beauty of Saint-Saëns's Symphony No. 3 featuring the church-like grandeur of the organ has astounded generations of audiences. Plus, hear a solo turn from the Orchestra’s own Principal Viola Choong-Jin Chang.
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A musical thrill ride! Saint-Saëns’s glorious “Organ” Symphony is filled with emotion and grandeur, culminating in a finale that fairly lifts you out of your seat, with the mighty organ joining full orchestra in cascades of majestic melody.
Organist Raphael Attila Vogl joins the Orchestra for this Saint-Saëns classic, completing a program that follows one beautiful work after another:
Martinů’s Rhapsody-Concerto, for viola and orchestra showcases the burnished beauty of the oft-overlooked viola and the many gifts of our Principal Violist Choong-Jin Chang; and Bartók’s The Miraculous Mandarin was written for a romantic ballet deemed so racy by 1926 standards it was banned. Leading it all is a conductor hailed for eliciting performances of “full-bodied sound … transparent textures and thrilling abandon” (Bachtrack)—making this a concert to remember!
This concert is part of the Ellenberg Philadelphia Orchestra Soloist Spotlight Series.
Supported by The James and Agnes Kim Foundation, in partnership with the James Joo-Jin Kim Center for Korean Studies at the University of Pennsylvania.
Program
Bartók
Suite from The Miraculous Mandarin
Martinů
Rhapsody-Concerto, for viola and orchestra
Saint-Saëns
Symphony No. 3 (“Organ”)
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