From the New World • Billy Childs' Saxophone Concerto
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𝐀𝐫𝐭𝐢𝐬𝐭𝐬
Belgian National Orchestra
Xian Zhang (conductor)
Steven Banks (saxophone)
𝗣𝗿𝗼𝗴𝗿𝗮𝗺:
Zoltán Kodály - Dances of Galánta
Billy Childs - Diaspora: Concerto for Saxophone and Orchestra (Belgian premiere)
Antonín Dvořák - Symphony No. 9
In Diaspora, Billy Childs creates a deeply evocative concerto in which the saxophone speaks as a travelling voice. Steven Banks gives this voice warmth, nostalgia and a strong sense of individual presence.
In response, Antonín Dvořák’s Ninth Symphony, "From the New World", emerges in a new light.
Belgian National Orchestra
Xian Zhang (conductor)
Steven Banks (saxophone)
𝗣𝗿𝗼𝗴𝗿𝗮𝗺:
Zoltán Kodály - Dances of Galánta
Billy Childs - Diaspora: Concerto for Saxophone and Orchestra (Belgian premiere)
Antonín Dvořák - Symphony No. 9
In Diaspora, Billy Childs creates a deeply evocative concerto in which the saxophone speaks as a travelling voice. Steven Banks gives this voice warmth, nostalgia and a strong sense of individual presence.
In response, Antonín Dvořák’s Ninth Symphony, "From the New World", emerges in a new light.
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Bozar, Brussels, Belgium
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Host or PublisherBelgian National Orchestra
