Boston Symphony Orchestra: Susanna Mälkki conducts Fauré, Ammann, Messiaen, and Debussy

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The 2019-2020 BSO season continues as Susanna Mälkki conducts Fauré, Ammann, Messiaen, and Debussy featuring pianist Andreas Haefliger

Finnish conductor Susanna Mälkki returns for a program of sensually colorful French music as well as the American premiere of Swiss composer Dieter Ammann’s new work for piano and orchestra, written for the German-born Swiss pianist Andreas Haefliger. Boasting both jazz and modernist credentials, Ammann writes music of great spontaneity and verve. Debussy’s three-movement La Mer—which was given its American premiere by the BSO in 1907—is among the greatest of all French orchestral works, a musical depiction of the changing states of the sea over the course of a day. The program also includes two shorter works: Fauré’s stately, gorgeous, and familiar Pavane, as well as the third movement of Olivier Messiaen’s early orchestral work L’Ascension (1932), which already demonstrates the composer’s unique voice as well as his Debussy-influenced musical heritage.

Event Date
Friday, October 25, 2019
Event time
1:30 PM - 4:00 PM
Cost / donation
$34-$105
Contact
BSO Customer
Service,
customerserivce@bso.
org, 617-266-1200

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