alexander shelley

A highlight of the season, these concerts bring together the Naples Philharmonic Orchestra and Chorus for performances of Beethoven's 9th Symphony and Mendelssohn's Verleih uns Frieden, as well as a performance of Anna Clyne's Color Fields. A look at the background of the three pieces to be performed should give patrons an idea of what’s in store: Lili Boulanger was 24 and dying of tuberculosis when she wrote D’un soir triste (On a Sad Evening). Jake Heggie composed Songs for Murdered Sisters specifically for this evening’s special guest, Joshua Hopkins, a baritone whose sister was one of three Canadian women murdered by the same man in 2015. And Tchaikovsky’s Fourth Symphony tricks us into believing the gloom of the symphony’s beginning is about to clear, only to shatter expectations. Is the piece expressing the guilt and shame over taboo desires the composers could not suppress, or was he simply battling another bout of depression?

A highlight of the season, these concerts bring together the Naples Philharmonic Orchestra and Chorus for performances of Beethoven's 9th Symphony and Mendelssohn's Verleih uns Frieden, as well as a performance of Anna Clyne's Color Fields. A look at the background of the three pieces to be performed should give patrons an idea of what’s in store: Lili Boulanger was 24 and dying of tuberculosis when she wrote D’un soir triste (On a Sad Evening). Jake Heggie composed Songs for Murdered Sisters specifically for this evening’s special guest, Joshua Hopkins, a baritone whose sister was one of three Canadian women murdered by the same man in 2015. And Tchaikovsky’s Fourth Symphony tricks us into believing the gloom of the symphony’s beginning is about to clear, only to shatter expectations. Is the piece expressing the guilt and shame over taboo desires the composers could not suppress, or was he simply battling another bout of depression?

A highlight of the season, these concerts bring together the Naples Philharmonic Orchestra and Chorus for performances of Beethoven's 9th Symphony and Mendelssohn's Verleih uns Frieden, as well as a performance of Anna Clyne's Color Fields. A look at the background of the three pieces to be performed should give patrons an idea of what’s in store: Lili Boulanger was 24 and dying of tuberculosis when she wrote D’un soir triste (On a Sad Evening). Jake Heggie composed Songs for Murdered Sisters specifically for this evening’s special guest, Joshua Hopkins, a baritone whose sister was one of three Canadian women murdered by the same man in 2015. And Tchaikovsky’s Fourth Symphony tricks us into believing the gloom of the symphony’s beginning is about to clear, only to shatter expectations. Is the piece expressing the guilt and shame over taboo desires the composers could not suppress, or was he simply battling another bout of depression?

Opening with Keiko Devaux’s Listening Underwater, written especially for the NAC Orchestra, this program features Ottawa-born soloist Angela Hewitt performing Mozart’s Piano Concerto No. 21 and Beethoven’s super-charged Fifth Symphony.

Opening with Keiko Devaux’s Listening Underwater, written especially for the NAC Orchestra, this program features Ottawa-born soloist Angela Hewitt performing Mozart’s Piano Concerto No. 21 and Beethoven’s super-charged Fifth Symphony.

Pianist and improvisational virtuosa Gabriela Montero joins the Naples Philharmonic under the direction of Artistic and Music Director Alexander Shelley for a performance of Prokofiev’s brilliant Piano Concerto No. 3. Also on the program are Strauss's Till Eulenspiegel and Rosenkavalier Suite, as well as Mozart's Paris Symphony.

Pianist and improvisational virtuosa Gabriela Montero joins the Naples Philharmonic under the direction of Artistic and Music Director Alexander Shelley for a performance of Prokofiev’s brilliant Piano Concerto No. 3. Also on the program are Strauss's Till Eulenspiegel and Rosenkavalier Suite, as well as Mozart's Paris Symphony.

This concert is about the music that comes when we long for home. Dvořák’s "New World" Symphony captures the energetic elements of music he heard in America, dosed with a heartfelt nostalgia for his homeland. The result is one of the warmest celebrations of looking forwards and back. It’s no surprise that a recording of this symphony even made its way onto Apollo XI. Raymond Yiu’s Violin Concerto meditates on exile, inspired by the life of composer Ma Sicong, who fled China to build a new life in the U.S. And in his Romanian Folk Dances, Bartók finds inspiration in authentic regional folk music.

This concert is about the music that comes when we long for home. Dvořák’s "New World" Symphony captures the energetic elements of music he heard in America, dosed with a heartfelt nostalgia for his homeland. The result is one of the warmest celebrations of looking forwards and back. It’s no surprise that a recording of this symphony even made its way onto Apollo XI. Raymond Yiu’s Violin Concerto meditates on exile, inspired by the life of composer Ma Sicong, who fled China to build a new life in the U.S. And in his Romanian Folk Dances, Bartók finds inspiration in authentic regional folk music.

This concert is about the music that comes when we long for home. Dvořák’s "New World" Symphony captures the energetic elements of music he heard in America, dosed with a heartfelt nostalgia for his homeland. The result is one of the warmest celebrations of looking forwards and back. It’s no surprise that a recording of this symphony even made its way onto Apollo XI. Raymond Yiu’s Violin Concerto meditates on exile, inspired by the life of composer Ma Sicong, who fled China to build a new life in the U.S. And in his Romanian Folk Dances, Bartók finds inspiration in authentic regional folk music.