Organization

Admin

Curtis Institute of Music

Kimmel Cultural Campus

Conductor

Robert Spano

Instrumentalist

Guitarist

JIJI Kim

Guitar

Orchestra

Curtis Symphony Orchestra

Ra, Mackey, and Tchaikovsky

Philadelphia

United States

Kimmel Center

Ra, Mackey, and Tchaikovsky: Aluminum Flowers Mackey, S. (+1 More)

Public

Aluminum Flowers

Symphony No. 6 in B minor, Op. 74 (Pathétique Symphony)

Te Deum

Saurav Kumar

Approved

Electrifying Virtuosity
Renowned conductor Robert Spano leads the Curtis Symphony Orchestra in the final concert of its bold and ambitious 2023–24 season, a remarkable program featuring two exhilarating world premieres and a late-Romantic era classic. The afternoon opens with a newly commissioned work by James Ra. Praised by the Philadelphia Inquirer as “a composer to watch,” Ra’s compositions have been described as “coursing with adrenaline-pumping energy.”  

The program continues with GRAMMY Award-winning Curtis composition faculty member Steven Mackey’s Concerto for Electric Guitar, featuring the jaw-dropping virtuosity of guitarist JIJI, followed by Tchaikovsky’s impassioned, intensely personal Symphony No. 6 (“Pathétique”).

English

Performance credits (Cast & Crew )

Instrumentation

Ensemble