GIOVANNI GABRIELI Canzona per sonare No. 2
GEORGE FRIDERIC HANDEL Royal Fireworks Music, HWV 351
GABRIELA LENA FRANK Leyendas: An Andean Walkabout
SERGEI PROKOFIEV Classical Symphony, Op. 25 (Symphony No. 1)

Carlos Izcaray, conductor

The program opens with Giovanni Gabrieli’s Canzona per sonare No. 2, featuring The Phoenix Symphony Brass Section, which will surround the audience in glorious, majestic brass music. Handel’s celebratory, upbeat, and vibrant Royal Fireworks Music under the baton of guest conductor Carlos Izcaray is next. Gabriela Lena Frank, Composer-in-Residence with the Philadelphia Orchestra whose work was featured in the inaugural season of REVERB, mixes elements of western classical and Andean folk musical traditions with Leyendas: An Andean Walkabout. The program finishes with Prokofiev’s first symphony, a landmark neo-classical work inspired by a vision of a Haydn as a contemporary composer.

Note: These performances are taking place at our newest venue partner, The Madison Center for the Arts