To mark the 250th anniversary of the United States, Gustavo Dudamel — the Oscar L. Tang and H.M. Agnes Hsu-Tang Music and Artistic Director Designate — leads the World Premiere of a new orchestration of Frederic Rzewski’s The People United Will Never Be Defeated. Featuring orchestrations created by composers representing the dynamism of the American musical landscape, the work centers a Chilean protest anthem as a hymn to the power of communities to effect social change. The People United… echoes the defiant spirit of Beethoven’s Eroica Symphony, which opens the program.
Beethoven Symphony No. 3, Eroica
Rzewski The People United Will Never Be Defeated (World Premiere of orchestral version–New York Philharmonic Commission)
Variations orchestrated by composers including Kati Agócs, Marcos Balter, Anthony Cheung, Brittany J. Green, Tania León, Andrew Norman, Maria Schneider, Nina Shekhar, Roberto Sierra, Conrad Tao, Jerod Impichchaachaaha' Tate, Joel Thompson, Wang Lu, and Nina C. Young
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