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The Dong with a Luminous Nose

Orchestra Symphony Concert

What’s Happening?

Sir Mark Elder, conductor
Blaise Déjardin, cello
Tanglewood Festival Chorus
 James Burton, conductor

RAVEL Mother Goose (complete)
Elena LANGER The Dong with a Luminous Nose, for cello, chorus, and orchestra (American premiere; BSO co-commission) Commissioned by the Boston Symphony Orchestra, Andris Nelsons, Music Director, through the generous support of the Arthur P. Contas Commissioning Fund.
Intermission
DVOŘÁK The Noonday Witch
JANÁČEK Sinfonietta

This week's performances by the Tanglewood Festival Chorus are supported by the Alan J. and Suzanne W. Dworsky Fund for Voice and Chorus.

Eminent English conductor Sir Mark Elder returns to Symphony Hall for the first time since 2011 to lead a program full of whimsy, fantasy, and folklore. Opening the program, Maurice Ravel’s Mother Goose ballet score began as a suite of children’s piano pieces, each movement illustrating an iconic tale. Next is the American premiere of Elena Langer’s The Dong with a Luminous Nose, a setting of Edward Lear’s delightful “nonsense poem” written for the BSO and the London Philharmonic Orchestra, which gave the first performance in March 2023 featuring BSO principal cello Blaise Déjardin as soloist with the Tanglewood Festival Chorus. Antonín Dvořák’s The Noonday Witch is based on a much darker Czech folktale. Czech composer Leoš Janáček’s energetic, masterful Sinfonietta closes the concert.

The Friday Preview on March 15 will be given by Elena Langer and Robert Kirzinger, Director of Program Publications. The talk will begin at 12:15pm, and admission included with concert ticket.

Thursday's performance will end around 9:30pm, Friday's performance will end around 3:30pm, and Saturday's performance will end around 10pm.

Sir Mark Elder, conductor
Blaise Déjardin, cello
Tanglewood Festival Chorus
 James Burton, conductor

RAVEL Mother Goose (complete)
Elena LANGER The Dong with a Luminous Nose, for cello, chorus, and orchestra (American premiere; BSO co-commission) Commissioned by the Boston Symphony Orchestra, Andris Nelsons, Music Director, through the generous support of the Arthur P. Contas Commissioning Fund.
Intermission
DVOŘÁK The Noonday Witch
JANÁČEK Sinfonietta

This week's performances by the Tanglewood Festival Chorus are supported by the Alan J. and Suzanne W. Dworsky Fund for Voice and Chorus.

Eminent English conductor Sir Mark Elder returns to Symphony Hall for the first time since 2011 to lead a program full of whimsy, fantasy, and folklore. Opening the program, Maurice Ravel’s Mother Goose ballet score began as a suite of children’s piano pieces, each movement illustrating an iconic tale. Next is the American premiere of Elena Langer’s The Dong with a Luminous Nose, a setting of Edward Lear’s delightful “nonsense poem” written for the BSO and the London Philharmonic Orchestra, which gave the first performance in March 2023 featuring BSO principal cello Blaise Déjardin as soloist with the Tanglewood Festival Chorus. Antonín Dvořák’s The Noonday Witch is based on a much darker Czech folktale. Czech composer Leoš Janáček’s energetic, masterful Sinfonietta closes the concert.

The Friday Preview on March 15 will be given by Elena Langer and Robert Kirzinger, Director of Program Publications. The talk will begin at 12:15pm, and admission included with concert ticket.

Thursday's performance will end around 9:30pm, Friday's performance will end around 3:30pm, and Saturday's performance will end around 10pm.

More about Boston Symphony Orchestra
The BSO is the premiere performing arts organization in New England, presenting hundreds of concerts and events each year in the Boston and Berkshire communities through our Boston Symphony Orchestra, Boston Pops, Tanglewood, and July 4th Fireworks Spectacular offerings. Learn more at www.bso.org
When & Where
Multiple Dates
  • Mar 14, 2024, 7:30pm to 9:30pm Timezone: EDT
  • Mar 15, 2024, 1:30pm to 3:00pm Timezone: EDT
  • Mar 16, 2024, 8:00pm to 10:00pm Timezone: EDT
$35.00


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