MOZART AND
MENDELSSOHN
and Orchestre National de France.
Fray made his U.S. debut in 2009
with the Cleveland Orchestra followed
by performances with the Boston
Symphony Orchestra, San Francisco
Symphony, New York Philharmonic,
Chicago Symphony Orchestra and the
Los Angeles Philharmonic. He has given
recitals at Carnegie Hall, Lincoln Center,
Park Avenue Armory in New York and
Chicago’s Orchestra Hall and appears
regularly at the Vienna Konzerthaus,
Mozarteum Salzburg, London’s Wigmore
Hall, Théâtre des Champs Elysées and
many other major venues.
This season, Fray tours the U.S. with the
NFM Wrocław Philharmonic and returns
to the Van Cliburn Foundation and the Los
Angeles Chamber Orchestra. He embarks
on recital tours of Bach Goldberg Variations
in Europe, Russia and China, where he also
tours with the Vienna Radio Symphony
Orchestra. He also starts his residency at the
Franz Liszt Academy of Music in Budapest
as a visiting professor.
JOSEPH MEYERHOFF SYMPHONY HALL
Saturday, March 28, 2020, 8 pm
THE MUSIC CENTER AT STRATHMORE
Sunday, March 29, 2020, 3 pm
Marin Alsop, conductor
David Fray, piano
Anna Clyne
COLOR FIELD (World Premiere)
Yellow
Red
Orange
Wolfgang Amadeus Mozart Piano Concerto No. 9 in E-flat Major, K. 271,
“Jeunehomme”
Allegro
Andantino
Rondo: Presto
David Fray
INTERMISSION
Fanny Mendelssohn-Hensel Overture in C Major
Felix Mendelssohn
Symphony No. 4 in A Major, op. 90, “Italian”
Allegro vivace
Andante con moto
Con moto moderato
Saltarello: Presto
David Fray makes his BSO debut.
About the Concert
The intermission will last 20 minutes. The performance will end
at approximately 10 pm on Saturday and 5 pm on Sunday.
COLOR FIELD
Anna Clyne
Born in London, U.K., March 9, 1980;
PRESENTING SPONSOR:
now living in New York City, NY
COLOR FIELD was commissioned by Bonnie McElveen-Hunter
in honor of Melanie Sabelhaus.
About the Artists
Marin Alsop
For Marin Alsop’s bio, please see pg. 7.
David Fray
Described by Die Welt
as the “perfect example
of a thinking musician”
and acclaimed for
his interpretations of
music from Bach to Boulez, David Fray
performs in the world’s major venues as a
recitalist, soloist and chamber musician.
He has collaborated with leading orchestras
under distinguished conductors such as
Anna Clyne’s music has become a very
welcome visitor to the BSO since her
vivacious Masquerade debuted here in
September 2015. An extraordinarily
innovative creator, Clyne draws her
ideas from many sources besides the
purely musical. She often launches her
compositions not by experimenting
at the piano but instead by creating a
collage painting for her studio wall,
embodying visually what she wants her
new piece to say sonically. “My passion
is collaboration,” she explains. “Creating
new works though a fluid artistic dialogue
has consistently fuelled my music from
new perspectives and has maintained a
fresh and creative environment.”
Describing how she came to be a
composer, Clyne writes: “As soon as I started
Marin Alsop, Semyon Bychkov, Andrey
Boreyko, Christoph Eschenbach, Daniele
Gatti, Paavo Järvi, Kurt Masur, Riccardo
Muti, Esa-Pekka Salonen, Michael
Sanderling, Yannick Nézet-Séguin and
Jaap van Zweden. Orchestral appearances
in Europe have included the Royal
Concertgebouw Orchestra, Bavarian
Radio Symphony Orchestra, Budapest
Festival Orchestra, Philharmonia
Orchestra, Academy of St. Martin
in the Fields, London Philharmonic
Orchestra, Dresden Philharmonic,
Deutsche Kammerphilharmonie Bremen,
Salzburg Mozarteum, Orchestra del
Teatro alla Scala, Orchestre de Paris
M A R – A P R 2020 / OV E R T U R E
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