These can’t-miss concerts bring together two Festival favorites: lauded composer Joan Tower, whose concerto A New Day premiered at the Festival to rave reviews, and saxophonist Steven Banks, who stunned audiences in 2021. Now these powerhouses unite to give the world premiere of Tower’s saxophone concerto Love Returns under the baton of Music Director Peter Oundjian. After intermission, the Festival Orchestra performs Brahms’ brilliant First Symphony, which helped the composer step out of Beethoven’s shadow; critic Eduard Hanslick claimed that “...even the layman will immediately recognize it as one of the most distinctive and magnificent works of the symphonic literature.”
$23 – $100.50
Location: Chautauqua Auditorium
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Learn MoreArtists:
Peter Oundjian, conductor
Steven Banks, saxophone
Joan Tower, composer
Program:
Aaron Copland, An Outdoor Overture
Joan Tower, Love Returns for saxophone and orchestra (world premiere)
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Johannes Brahms, Symphony No. 1, op. 68
