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CLASSICAL SERIES

Thursday, February 5, at 7 pm

Friday, February 6, at 8 pm

Saturday, February 7, at 8 pm

DVOŘÁK’S NEW WORLD

Nashville Symphony

Lawrence Foster, conductor

Kirill Gerstein, piano

LEONARD BERNSTEIN Symphony No. 2, “The Age of Anxiety’’

For Piano and Orchestra

After W.H. Auden

PART I

The Prologue

The Seven Ages (Variations I-VII)

The Seven Stages (Variations VIII-XIV)

PART II

The Dirge

The Masque

The Epilogue

Kirill Gerstein, piano

INTERMISSION

ANTONIN DVOŘÁK Symphony No. 9 in E minor, Op. 95, “From the New

World’’

Adagio - Allegro molto

Largo

Molto vivace

Allegro con fuoco

LEONARD BERNSTEIN Born on August 25, 1918, in Lawrence, Massachusetts; died on October 14, 1990, in New York City

Composed: 1947-49; revised in 1965

First performance: April 8, 1944, with Serge Koussevitzky conducting the Boston Symphony and the composer

as the piano soloist

First Nashville Symphony performance: December 2 & 3, 1994, with Music Director Kenneth Schermerhorn

and pianist Susan Starr

Estimated length: 38 minutes

What to listen for

ANTONIN LEOPOLD DVOŘÁK Born on September 8, 1841, in the village of Nelahozeves, just north of Prague; died on May 1, 1904, in Prague

Composed: 1893

First performance: December 16, 1893, at Carnegie Hall in New York, with Anton Seidel conducting the New

York Philharmonic

First Nashville Symphony performance: November 21, 1950, with Music Director William Strickland

Estimated length: 45 minutes

What to listen for

SIDEBAR: Dvořák’s American Impressions

ABOUT THE ARTISTS

LAWRENCE FOSTER, conductor

KIRILL GERSTEIN, piano