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ENCORE INFORMATION
The encore performed on May 2, 3 & 4 was Brahms' Hungarian Dance No. 5.
IN THE NEWS
“…a fine performance that had both the richness and the clarity needed to do justice to the composer’s painstakingly created lush textures, entrancing harmonic progressions and gradual but rewarding evolution.”
Full review: The Star-Ledger—May 3, 2014
FROM THE STAGE
“It was an honor to work with such a great artist as clarinetist Anthony McGill this weekend, and it was a privilege for me to play a duet with him [on timpani] during the second movement of Richard Danielpour’s Clarinet Concerto. The concerto is not only a wonderful vehicle for the clarinet soloist, but it is also a great symphonic work in its own right. I loved how Danielpour [weaved together] Romantic, blues and contemporary idioms—highest compliments to both composer and soloist.
“Many concert programs will pair one heavyweight piece with two lighter ones, but this program had three big works, so our challenge was to maintain energy from the beginning of Beethoven’s [Leonore Overture No. 3] to the finale of Brahms’ First Symphony. For Jacques [Lacombe] and the musicians, it was so exciting and invigorating.”
David Fein, Principal Percussion
PROGRAM INFORMATION
JACQUES LACOMBE conductor
ANTHONY MCGILL clarinet
NEW JERSEY SYMPHONY ORCHESTRA
BEETHOVEN Leonore Overture No. 3
DANIELPOUR Clarinet Concerto, “From the Mountaintop”
BRAHMS Symphony No. 1
Full concert information.
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