Name: Yuja Wang Returns
Start: 2025-01-16T00:00:00.000Z
End: 2025-01-18T00:00:00.000Z
Location: Verizon Hall

Admin

The Philadelphia Orchestra

Conductor

Yannick Nézet-Séguin

Orchestra

Instrumentalist

Yuja Wang

Piano

Yuja Wang Returns

Philadelphia

United States

Verizon Hall

Yuja Wang Returns: The Montgomery Variations Bonds (+1 More)

Public

Concert

Symphony No. 2 in G minor

Montgomery Variations, for orchestra

Piano Concerto No. 1 in B-flat minor, Op. 23

Saurav Kumar

Approved

Accordionist

Archlutenist

Baroque Flutist

Baroque Oboist

Baroque Trumpetist

Bassist

Bassoonist

Cellist

Clarinetist

Contrabassist

Cornettist

Flutist

Guitarist

Harper

Harpsichordist

Hornist

Lutenist

Mandoline Player

Musette de cour Player

Oboist

Organist

Percussionist

Pianist

Recorder Player

Saxophonist

Tenor Violinist

Theorbist

Timpani

Trombonist

Trumpeter

Tuba Player

Vibraphonist

Viola Pomposa Player

Viola da gamba

Viola d’amore Player

Violinist

Violino Piccolo Player

Violist

Actor

Broadcasting

Choir

Choreographer

Chorus Director

Chorus master

Composer

Costume designer

Dancer

Dramaturge

Executive producer

Extra

Hairstylist

Illustrator

Librettist

Lighting designer

Makeup artist

Orchestra Operations

Other

Photographer

Poet

Repetiteur

Set designer

Sound designer

Stage Manager

Stage director

Teacher

Translator

Video designer

Vocal coach

Wig & Makeup Designer

Writer

Writing and performance

Bass

Singer

Contralto

Bass-baritone

Soprano

Mezzo-soprano

Countertenor

Tenor

Baritone

Alto

Child vocalist

Continuo

Silent

Spoken

If you were lucky enough to witness Yuja Wang’s sold-out performances of the Rachmaninoff piano concertos in January 2023, then you’re likely already ordering your tickets for this return engagement. Reading Wang’s reviews is like witnessing a flood of superlatives; each is more glowing than the last, with terms like “breathtaking,” “charismatic,” and “flawless” among the accolades.

Opening the program is Margaret Bonds’s beautifully ruminative tribute to Dr. Martin Luther King, Jr., inspired by her visit to Montgomery, Alabama, and based on the spiritual “I Want Jesus to Walk with Me.” Bonds, who studied with Florence Price and William Dawson, was a lifelong advocate for social and racial justice.

William Grant Still’s Second Symphony was premiered by The Philadelphia Orchestra in 1937, conducted by Leopold Stokowski, who declared Still “one of our greatest American composers.” Then and now, this lyrical work is a showcase for the legendary Philadelphia Orchestra strings.

English

Yuja Wang Returns by Still, W. G., Bonds, Tchaikovsky, P. I., Thu 16 Jan 2025, From (2025/2025), Conductor Yannick Nézet-Séguin, Verizon Hall, Philadelphia, United States

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Programme, About & Synopsis

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