Falletta & Mendelssohn's “Italian”

Be transported to the Italian countryside in this dynamic and adrenaline-filled program conducted by Maestro JoAnn Falletta.

The Joslyn
Sunday, Jan 10 | 2:00 PM
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JoAnn Falletta Principal Guest Conductor & Artistic Advisor More

JoAnn Falletta

Principal Guest Conductor & Artistic Advisor

Multiple GRAMMY® Award-winning conductor JoAnn Falletta is Music Director of the Buffalo Philharmonic, Music Director Laureate of the Virginia Symphony, Principal Guest Conductor and Artistic Advisor of the Omaha Symphony, Principal Guest Conductor of the Brevard Music Center, and Conductor Laureate of the Hawaii Symphony. She is recognized by Gramophone Magazine as one of the “Fifty Great Conductors” of all time, and by ASCAP as “a leading force for music of our time.” As Music Director of the Buffalo Philharmonic, Falletta became the first woman to lead a major American orchestra. She has overseen one of the orchestra’s most productive recording and touring eras, bringing the Philharmonic to an unprecedented level of national and international prominence. The Buffalo Philharmonic has released more than thirty-five recordings on the Naxos label and an extensive catalog on its own Beau Fleuve label. The BPO is ranked as one of the top five orchestras of CD releases on international labels. JoAnn Falletta has led the Buffalo Philharmonic Orchestra on major international and US tours, highlighted by their historic 2018 tour to Poland, where the BPO became the first American orchestra to perform at the prestigious Beethoven Festival in Warsaw, as well as six concert…
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Program Info

  • BOYER: Radiance

  • Rebecca Clarke: Sonata for Viola and Orchestra
    Orchestrated by Ruth Lomon (1930-2017)

  • MARTUCCI: Nocturne

  • MENDELSSOHN: Symphony No. 4, “Italian”

Spend an afternoon in the sunny Italian countryside in this lively program led by Maestro JoAnn Falletta. The journey begins with Peter Boyer’s Radiance, a very gentle and calm beginning to the concert. We continue with a gorgeous and masterfully written viola sonata by Rebecca Clarke, beautifully interpreted by Associate Principal Viola Tyler Sieh. After Martucci’s fantasy-like Nocturne, Maestro Falletta leads you to Italy in Mendelssohn’s Symphony No. 4, a 19th century romp that thrills from start to finish.

Pre-Concert Talks

Join us at 1:15 PM before the performance in the orchestra level lobby for a fun and captivating discussion of this concert's repertoire presented by Omaha Symphony musicians.

For the respect and consideration of all Omaha Symphony patrons, children under 5 years of age are prohibited from attending this performance.

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