Carlos Simon’s “Holy Dance” opens the program with its evocation of “joyous dancing, spontaneous shouting, and soulful singing” found in the worship services of predominantly Black churches. Yale Symphony Orchestra’s Tobias Liu and Erin Nishi are the soloists in Mozart’s effervescent Sinfonia Concertante, a masterpiece that swells with operatic laments and bursts with irrepressible joy. On the second half, the Orchestra undertakes Brahms’ monumental Fourth Symphony — called “one of the supreme creative acts of the Romantic era” — an exquisite blend of heart and mind, of profound depth and immense power.
Carlos Simon - “Holy Dance” from Four Black American Dances
Wolfgang Amadeus Mozart - Sinfonia Concertante
Johannes Brahms - Symphony No. 4
The 24/25 Woolsey Series is generously supported by the Daniel Feller ’74 Yale Symphony Endowment Fund in Honor of John Mauceri (Music Director 1968-74).