By the time this Sunday’s three-hour broadcast of The Philadelphia Orchestra in Concert airs, Principal Harp Elizabeth Hainen, the Philadelphia Orchestra, and Yannick Nezet-Seguin will have performed Tan Dun’s Nu Shu: The Secret Songs of Women three times in three different Chinese cities, as you might have been reading in the Philadelphia Inquirer.
Let’s not forget that its very first performance was here in Philadelphia last fall – at Verizon Hall – and we first broadcast it here on WRTI last December, along with two other works commissioned by principal players of the Orchestra – Behzad Ranjbaran’s Flute Concerto for Jeffrey Khaner, and David Ludwig’s Bassoon Concerto for Daniel Matsukawa.
This Sunday, June 1, from 1 to 4 pm, you'll have the opportunity to hear it again! The rebroadcast concludes with Sergei Rachmaninoff's Symphonic Dances, also written for the fabulous Philadelphians.
Gregg Whiteside is producer and host for this exciting rebroadcast, underwritten by Bryn Mawr Trust Wealth Management.
PROGRAM:
Behzad Ranjbaran – Flute Concerto
Jeffrey Khaner, flute
David Ludwig – Pictures from the Floating World, for bassoon and orchestra
Daniel Matsukawa, bassoon
FIRST INTERMISSION
Tan Dun – Nu Shu, The Secret Songs of Women
Elizabeth Hainen, harp
SECOND INTERMISSION
Sergei Rachmaninoff – Symphonic Dances
Yannick Nezet-Seguin, conductor
