Events

Performing with:
Atlanta Symphony Orchestra
Gemma New, conductor

Programme:
Joby Talbot: Ink Dark Moon (U.S. Premiere)

Programme also includes:
Sarah Gibson: warp & weft
Rachmaninov: Vocalise
Sibelius: Symphony No. 5

Gemma New, winner of the 2021 Solti Conducting Prize, returns to the podium in Symphony Hall. New first dazzled our audiences in Piedmont Park, filling in at the last minute for an ailing colleague. This weekend, she’s joined by classical guitar superstar Miloš Karadaglić, who returns to the Atlanta Symphony Orchestra to perform Joby Talbot’s concerto Ink Dark Moon, a piece that pays homage to his Balkan heritage.

Also on the program, Rachmaninov’s Vocalise, written at his beloved country estate Ivanovka, and Sibelius’ Symphony No. 5, a masterwork born out of World War I, ill health and three hefty revisions. “These symphonies of mine are more confessions of faith than are my other works,” Sibelius said of his later symphonies, including his Fifth.

Performing with
Orchestre Métropolitain
JoAnn Falletta, conductor

Programme
TALBOT: Ink Dark Moon

Concert also includes:
KODÁLY. Dances of Galánta
RACHMANINOV. Symphonic Dances

Take in the virtuosity and warm sound of MILOŠ, one of the greatest guitarists of his generation, in his performance of British composer Joby Talbot’s Ink Dark Moon. With its contemplative charm, Balkan-inspired dance rhythms and movie-music orchestration, MILOŠ’s guitar tells quite the story.

Featuring lively rhythms, Hungarian folk melodies and brilliant orchestration, Kodály’s Dances of Galánta takes the audience on a journey through time to the heart of the rustic, preindustrial village of Galánta. On the podium, internationally renowned conductor JoAnn Falletta will also be leading Rachmaninoff’s Symphonic Dances, the composer’s swan song. At once powerful and ethereal, the piece was written by the Russian composer while he was in exile.