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Bowie by Glass: A NY Premiere at Carnegie Hall Featuring Angélique Kidjo, Christian Schmitt, Dennis Russell Davies & Filharmonie Brno

New York, NY

Described by the Los Angeles Times as a "stupendous symphony" that goes "where no symphony has gone before," Philip Glass' Symphony No. 12 comes to Carnegie Hall this February for its New York premiere performance. Featuring five-time Grammy Award-winning singer-songwriter Angélique Kidjo and virtuoso organist Christian Schmitt, it concludes Glass' trilogy of David Bowie-inspired symphonies. "Where Bowie is cool, Kidjo is hot, and every so often it's the other way around. She is an observer of him, illuminating on every level" (LAT, Jan. 2019).

Widely considered to be one of the most innovative and adventurous conductors/programmers in the classical music world, Dennis Russell Davies leads the famed Czech symphony orchestra Filharmonie Brno in a program that pairs Philip Glass' twelfth symphony with two works by quintessential Czech composers: Thunderbolt P-47, the charming scherzo by Martinu, and Janácek's Taras Bulba, in which "Russell Davies beautifully integrate[s] the agitated rhythms of battle, stark tragedy, a wild mazurka and a triumphant apotheosis with the sonic splendour of full orchestra, plus organ and chiming bells" (Ilkley Gazette, England, Oct. 2022).

Event Information

Date: Wednesday, February 8, 2023
Time: 8:00 PM
Location: Stern Auditorium/Perelman Stage at Carnegie Hall

Filharmonie Brno
Dennis Russell Davies, Chief Conductor & Artistic Director
Angélique Kidjo, vocalist
Christian Schmitt, organ
 

Program

BOHUSLAV MARTINU: Thunderbolt-P47
LEOŠ JANÁCEK: Taras Bulba
PHILIP GLASS: Symphony No. 12 "Lodger" (New York Premiere)

Tickets

https://www.carnegiehall.org/Calendar/2023/02/08/Filharmonie-Brno-0800PM
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Sponsors
The US Tour of Filharmonie Brno is sponsored by Brno City Municipality, South Moravian Region, Ministry of Culture Czech Republic, and EU Funds.

www.filharmonie-brno.cz
www.dennisrusselldavies.com
www.philipglass.com
www.kidjo.com
www.christianschmitt.info
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