Saturday, October 5, 2024: Dvořák’s New World Symphony

Concert Details

• 2024-2025 Season
• Symphony Orchestra
• Conductor: Jed Gaylin
• Works Performed:
• Serenade by William Grant Still
• Piano Concerto in G Major by Maurice Ravel
• Symphony No. 9 in E Minor, Op. 95 (From the New World) by Antonín Dvorák
• Featured Artists: Terrence Wilson
• Pre-Concert Speaker: Terrence Wilson & Jed Gaylin
• Venue: Shriver Hall
• Time: 7:30 pm

HSO opens the season with Dvorak’s New World Symphony. This famous work, written in 1893, was intended to demonstrate what an American-inspired orchestral piece might sound like, placing emphasis on Native and African American elements. The impact of this work resonated across the ocean and can be felt in Ravel’s Piano Concerto, which the orchestra will perform with the brilliant Terrance Wilson. The evening’s program will start off with William Grant Still’s alluring Serenade, setting the tone for an epic night of music.