ABOUT THE PROGRAM
Michael Stern, conductor (bio)
Hannah Zhang, piano (bio)
Guillaume Connesson Flammenschrift
Franz Liszt Piano Concerto No. 1 in E-flat major, S. 124
INTERMISSION
Gustav Holst The Planets, Op. 32
Connesson’s Flammenschrift captivates with its fiery and dynamic orchestration, offering a thrilling musical journey that ignites the senses and leaves audiences spellbound. Michael Stern will then take us on a multimedia exploration of our solar system, with breathtaking videos of each planet provided by NASA accompanying Holst’s epic tone-poem The Planets. Each planet represented in this sprawling masterpiece showcases a diverse range of musical atmospheres and brings the Roman deities for whom they are named into vivid reality.