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Direzione d'orchestra

Xian Zhang

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Steven Banks

Saxophone

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National Symphony Orchestra

Dvořák’s “New World” Symphony Billy Childs’ Saxophone Concerto

Washington

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John F. Kennedy Center for the Performing Arts

Dvořák’s “New World” Symphony Billy Childs’ Saxophone Concerto: Ballade in A minor, Op. 33 Coleridge-Taylor (+2 More)

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Ballade in A minor, Op. 33

Saxophone Concerto

Sinfonia n. 9 in mi minore, op. 95 ("Dal Nuovo Mondo"), B. 178

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Experience the sweeping drama of Dvořák’s “New World” Symphony, inspired by the African American and indigenous music Dvořák encountered during his time in America. It has remained one of the most popular symphonies of all time, even heard in space during Neil Armstrong’s Apollo 11 lunar spaceflight—a national goal set by President John F. Kennedy. Conductor Xian Zhang opens the concert with works by Samuel Coleridge-Taylor and Billy Childs.
Experience the sweeping drama of Dvořák’s “New World” Symphony, inspired by African American and indigenous music the composer encountered during his time in America. It has remained one of the most popular symphonies of all time, even heard in space during Neil Armstrong’s Apollo 11 lunar spaceflight—a national goal set by President John F. Kennedy.

2023 Grammy®–winning conductor Xian Zhang opens the concert Ballade for Orchestra by African British-American Samuel Coleridge-Taylor and Billy Childs’ Saxophone Concerto, co-commissioned by the NSO for Steven Banks.

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Dvořák’s “New World” Symphony Billy Childs’ Saxophone Concerto by Coleridge-Taylor, Childs, B., Dvořák, Da (2024/2024), Direttore d'orchestra Xian Zhang, John F. Kennedy Center for the Performing Arts, Washington, Stati Uniti

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