Opening Concert: Boston Philharmonic Youth Orchestra featuring the Boston debut of Soprano Sofia Fomina
When:
Friday, Nov 19, 2021 8:00p -
10:00p
Friday, Nov 19, 2021 8:00p -
10:00p
Where:
Symphony Hall
301 Massachusetts Avenue
Boston, MA 02115
Admission:
$60.00, $40.00 and $20.00; $10 for students; live stream available for $20 for general admission, $10 for students, and $40 for supporters
Categories:
Music
Event website:
https://www.bostonphil.org/concerts/2021-2022/bpyo1-mozart-mahler
The first concert of the Boston Philharmonic Youth Orchestra (BPYO) season is a direct response to the experiences during the past year. Separated from each other for so long, the orchestra returns to Symphony Hall after a 20 month absence due to the pandemic. The program will also be available via live streaming. Visit www.bostonphil.org/concerts/experience/virus for coronavirus updates.
The 70+ string players of the BPYO open with Barber’s heart-rending "Adagio." The concert moves from Barber’s sadness to Mozart’s exuberant symphony, the “Haffner.”
The concert concludes with Mahler’s Fourth—his shortest and most appealing symphony. Leading Covent Garden soprano, Sofia Fomina, who can be heard on the recent London Philharmonic recording with Vladimir Jurowski, will make her Boston debut as soloist.
Light and charming on the surface, yet constantly plumbing the deep recesses, it is a vision of life and of the after-life, as seen from the viewpoint of a child who has suffered deprivation in this world, only to discover overflowing abundance in the next.
During this past year, each member of the BPYO had the opportunity to look at music from the point of view of the conductor. They studied the piece in detail each week on Zoom, which they now get to perform in Symphony Hall.
