Boston Philharmonic Youth Orchestra: Debussy / Walton / Rachmaninoff Concert

The Boston Philharmonic Youth Orchestra conducted by Maestro Benjamin Zander
Debussy
Prélude À L'après-midi d'un faune (Prelude to the Afternoon of a Faun)
Walton
Cello Concerto
Leland Ko, cello
Rachmaninoff
Symphony No. 2
View the digital program book here: https://info.bostonphil.org/hubfs/FY25/FY25%20BPYO1%2011-3-24%20Program%20Book%20Edited.pdf

Debussy's Prelude to the Afternoon of a Faun, is—to only a slightly lesser degree than The Rite of Spring—a work that revolutionized music around the beginning of the 20th century, with its gossamer textures, subtle voluptuousness and elusive harmonies. Sixty-seven years ago Walton's Cello Concerto premiered in Symphony Hall with the legendary cellist Gregor Piatigorsky. BPYO alum Leland Ko, recent first prize winner of the Orchestre symphonique de Montréal (OSM) Competition, will bring it home again, with his richly lyrical tone and virtuosic flair. Maestro Zander says of Rachmaninoff's Symphony No. 2, "It overflows with love. From its first notes, emotion-drenched themes well up in an unstoppable flood, all clothed in Rachmaninoff's most gorgeous orchestration." -Benjamin Zander

Concert begins at 8:00 p.m. (Eastern Time U.S.)

Video/Audio and venue: Symphony Hall, Boston

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