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.
