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An Evening of First: All-American Program featuring Winger and Warnaar World Pre
March 17, 2022 @ 7:00 pm - March 19, 2022 @ 8:00 pm
PERFORMERS: Nashville Symphony | Giancarlo Guerrero, conductor | José Sibaja, cornet
PROGRAM
John Adams – The Chairman Dances: Foxtrot for Orchestra
Brad Warnaar – Cornet Concerto – Nashville Symphony Commission | World Premiere | Live Recording
C.F. Kip Winger – Symphony No. 1 – Nashville Symphony Commission | World Premiere | Live Recording
Barber – Symphony No. 1
This performance features two first symphonies by two great American composers: Samuel Barber and Nashville-based composer C.F. Kip Winger, previously known for his work in the rock band Winger. Both Winger’s Symphony No. 1 and Brad Warnaar’s Cornet Concerto, the latter featuring the phenomenally talented José Sibaja, will be recorded for forthcoming releases on the Naxos label.
About Nashville Symphony
The Nashville Symphony remains one of the most prolific recording orchestras in the U.S., with more than 40 releases on Naxos, Decca, Deutsche Grammophon and New West Records. Encompassing a wide range of repertoire, from Beethoven to Bernstein to Joan Tower, these recordings have earned 14 GRAMMY® Awards and 27 nominations. Award-winning recordings include Tower’s Made in America, Stephen Paulus’ Three Places of Enlightenment and Michael Daugherty’s Metropolis Symphony and Tales of Hemingway. Released in 2015, the orchestra’s recording of Ben Folds’ Piano Concerto debuted at No. 1 on the Billboard Classical and Classical Crossover charts, and stayed in the Classical Crossover Top 20 in the first year of its release. The orchestra’s latest Naxos release features two works by Pulitzer Prize-winning composer John Adams, My Father Knew Charles Ives and Harmonielehre.
