Copland and Liszt

September 28 – October 1, 2023

FABIO LUISI conducts
ANTHONY MCGILL clarinet
CARL TANNER tenor
DALLAS SYMPHONY CHORUS

WILLIAM SCHUMAN American Festival Overture
COPLAND Concerto for Clarinet and Orchestra
LISZT A Faust Symphony

Copland’s Concerto swings in the hands of New York Philharmonic’s brilliant Principal Clarinet, Anthony McGill, while the DSO and DSO Chorus, led by Fabio Luisi, enthrall with a quintessential Romantic subject: the battle for the soul of Faust. You’ll recognize the protagonists by their music — heroic, lyrical, infernal — and be moved by the tenor solo and all-male “mystical chorus” exalting woman-eternal.

PERFORMANCE PRELUDES
Join us for a special pre-concert talk with Assistant Conductor Maurice Cohn! The talks will take place from Horchow Hall starting at 6:30pm on Thursday and 2:00pm on Sunday.

A Faust Symphony Text

A Faust Symphony
in three Characteristic Pictures
by Franz Liszt

After Goethe’s Faust

Part 1, Faust

Part 2, Gretchen

Part 3, Mephistopholes

Human mortality
is but a mirage,

Beyond the here and now,
the impossible can be achieved;

The indescribable
can become reality.

The eternal feminine elevates us heavenward.

Human mortality
is but a mirage,

Beyond the here and now,
the impossible can be achieved;

The indescribable
can become reality.

The eternal feminine elevates us heavenward.

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FABIO LUISI MUSIC DIRECTOR LOUISE W. & EDMUND J. KAHN MUSIC DIRECTORSHIP

Fabio Luisi

Music Director

Louise W. & Edmund J. Kahn Music Directorship

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Anthony McGill

Clarinet

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Carl Tanner

Tenor

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Dallas Symphony Chorus

Chorus

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