Concerts · Grand Rapids Symphony
Friday, April 16, 2027 · 7:30 PM
Barber & Bernstein
Grand Rapids Symphony · Grand Rapids, Michigan
Program
- Missy Mazzoli These Worlds in Us
- Samuel Barber Essay No. 2 for Orchestra, Op. 17
- Leonard Bernstein Symphony No. 2 "The Age of Anxiety"
Artists
- Marcelo Lehninger Conductor
- Andrew von Oeyen Soloist, Piano
- Michelle DeYoung Soloist, Mezzo-soprano
Running time: about 56 min (estimate from the works' usual timings)
Worth the drive: A ten-minute orchestral piece by Missy Mazzoli that moves from soft, wavering chords to a driving climax, programmed as a vivid contemporary curtain-raiser. More about Missy Mazzoli's These Worlds in Us →
About this concert
Conductor Marcelo Lehninger presents an all-American program pairing Samuel Barber's Second Essay for Orchestra with Bernstein's jazz-inflected Symphony No. 2, "The Age of Anxiety," featuring pianist Andrew von Oeyen, alongside Missy Mazzoli's These Worlds in Us with mezzo-soprano Michelle DeYoung.
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