Orpheus 2023-24 Season Brochure

2023 / 2024 SEASON at Carnegie Hall and The 92nd Street Y

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“Orpheus’ sensitivity and expressivity, left us with a serene sense of peace and wonder. THE BOSTON MUSICAL INTELLIGENCER

BRANFORD MARSALIS SAXOPHONE

LE RYTHME DE VIE

SAT, OCT 14, 2023 | 8PM

STERN AUDITORIUM / PERELMAN STAGE at CARNEGIE HALL

RAVEL Très Rythmé from String Quartet in F Major

Orchestrated by Michi Wiancko

DEBUSSY Rhapsody for Alto Saxophone and Orchestra

Orchestrated by Zachary Wadsworth

Branford Marsalis, alto saxophone

IBERT Concertino da Camera

Branford Marsalis, alto saxophone

ANTONIO GARCÍA

Homecoming: A New Orleans Journey

Commissioned by Orpheus

LECUONA Suite Andalucía

Orchestrated by Jannina Norpoth

GERSHWIN An American in Paris

Adapted by Javier Diaz

Featuring Branford Marsalis, saxophone

Orpheus and saxophonist Branford Marsalis have spent decades fine-tuning a connection that transcends stylistic labels. They revisit Ibert’s Concertino da Camera from their landmark 2001 album together, Creation, and bask in a close-knit arrangement of Debussy’s sultry Rhapsody. Veteran Orpheus orchestrators Javier Diaz and Jannina Norpoth make the ensemble shine in foreign escapades from two geniuses of genre-hopping: George Gershwin and Cuba’s Ernesto Lecuona. Antonio García, a jazz composer and trombonist steeped in the same New Orleans currents that nourished the Marsalis family, stirs the American melting pot in a new work for Orpheus.

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“Marsalis told stories with his breath and body… making every note count, as he sprang delightful surprises and created a world in the round

AMERICAN DREAM

THU, DEC 14, 2023 | 7:30PM THE 92ND STREET Y

PERKINSON Sinfonietta No. 2 (Generations)

COPLAND Clarinet Concerto

Anthony McGill, clarinet

DVOŘÁK American Sinfonietta in F major (after String Quartet Op. 96)

Orchestrated by Orpheus

The luxurious strings of Orpheus expand Dvořák’s iconic American Quartet into a Chamber Symphony, magnifying the vibrant sounds rooted in spirituals and Native drumming. The authentic American language that Dvořák envisioned really flowered when jazz seeped into the concert hall, as in this Clarinet Concerto that Aaron Copland wrote for the “King of Swing” himself, Benny Goodman, performed here by Anthony McGill in his long-awaited Orpheus debut. Coleridge-Taylor Perkinson’s miniature symphony samples everything from Bach to pop as it paints an intergenerational portrait of an American family.

“Trademark brilliance, penetrating sound and rich character

Photo by Eric Rudd

HAVE A BALL

SAT, JAN 27, 2024 | 7PM

STERN AUDITORIUM / PERELMAN STAGE at CARNEGIE HALL

NATHALIE JOACHIM New Work

Commissioned by Orpheus

CHOPIN Piano Concerto No. 1 in E Minor, Op. 11

Adapted by Shuying Li

Nobuyuki Tsujii, piano

SCHUMANN Carnaval, Op. 9

Orchestrated by Zachary Wadsworth

It’s always a party when Nobuyuki Tsujii sits in with Orpheus, especially when they revel in the shimmering virtuosity of Chopin. Instead of the usual orchestration that puts the ensemble deep in the background, a bespoke version by Shuying Li lets the musicians of Orpheus be true partners. The raucous characters and grand spectacles of a Venetian Ball come roaring to life in Zachary Wadsworth’s update of Schumann’s beloved piano score, Carnaval. A new work from composer/flutist/vocalist Nathalie Joachim kicks off the festivities with a celebration of her Haitian culture.

Photo by Giorgia Bertazzi

“It was one of those rare performances where player and music seem one – a definition of virtuosity

EXALTATION

TUE, APR 16, 2024 | 7PM

ZANKEL HALL at CARNEGIE HALL

ADOLPHUS HAILSTORK Sonata da Chiesa

MENDELSSOHN Violin Concerto in D Minor

Bomsori Kim, violin

BACH Concerto for Two Violins in D Minor, BWV 1043

Bomsori Kim, violin

Emilie-Anne Gendron, violin

BACH Orchestral Suite No. 2 in B Minor, BWV 1067

Bach’s endless melodies, braided and tangled in an ecstasy of counterpoint, lift music to rapturous heights. His Orchestral Suite showcasing a fleet-fingered flutist and his “Double” Concerto for dueling violins prove how even his works of sheer entertainment ripple with undercurrents of spiritual urgency. Felix Mendelssohn applies Bach’s lessons of interwoven lines to make his precocious Violin Concerto in D Minor soar with uncommon energy, especially when the Korean superstar Bomsori Kim approaches it with her signature “balletic grace” (The Strad). Adolphus Hailstork, an elder statesman among Black American composers who is enjoying a long-overdue renaissance, revisits his childhood singing in church choirs for a Bach-inflected journey that begins and ends in a state of exaltation.

“This violinist is ready for anything: with virtuosity, presence, clarity and a warm, rich tone, Bomsori is adept at making each moment her own

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