Andris Nelsons conducts Brahms, Habibi and Montgomery featuring Julia Bullock, soprano and Hilary Hahn, violin
Tanglewood
Koussevitzky Music Shed, Lenox/Stockbridge, MA
Boston Symphony Orchestra
Andris Nelsons, conductor
Julia Bullock, classical singer
Hilary Hahn, violin
Iman HABIBI Zhiân (world premiere; BSO commission)
Jessie MONTGOMERY Freedom Songs (BSO co-commission)
Intermission
BRAHMS Violin Concerto
Iman HABIBI Zhiân
World Premiere; commissioned by the Boston Symphony Orchestra, Andris Nelsons, Music Director; through the generous support of the New Works Fund, established by the Massachusetts Cultural Council, a state agency.
Jessie MONTGOMERY Freedom Songs
Co-commissioned by the Boston Symphony Orchestra, Andris Nelsons, Music Director; through the generous support of the New Works Fund, established by the Massachusetts Cultural Council, a state agency.
Performance Details
Jul 9, 2023, 2:30pm EDT
Program Notes & Works
Zhiân
Iman Habibi wrote his Zhiân on commission for the BSO, which gave the premiere under Andris Nelsons at Tanglewood in July 2023. Habibi was inspired by grass-roots protests in Iran following the death of a young woman, Mahsa Amini, at the hands of Iran’s “morality police.”
Freedom Songs
(BSO co-commission)
Violin Concerto in D, Opus 77
Brahms wrote the Violin Concerto in 1878 for his close friend, the great violinist Joseph Joachim, who advised him about the technical aspects of the solo part.
