I am very pleased to announce that JoAnn Falletta has agreed to return as my guest this week on WPRB.
Falletta is in Princeton as part of the New Jersey Symphony Orchestra Edward T. Cone Composition Institute. Four emerging composers will have their works rehearsed and performed by the NJSO, participate in masterclasses with Institute Director Steven Mackey, receive feedback from NJSO musicians, and benefit from career-building advice from music-industry leaders.
Falletta will help mentor the composers and then conduct the orchestra in representative works by Noah Kaplan, Sam Lipman, Alyssa Weinberg, and another former Classic Ross Amico guest, Saad Haddad, alongside Mackey’s “Four Iconoclastic Episodes.” The concert, which is open to the public, will take place at Princeton University’s Richardson Auditorium this Saturday at 8 p.m.
Tune in to WPRB this Thursday morning at 9:00 to hear Falletta talk about the institute and some of her other projects. As music director of the Buffalo Philharmonic Orchestra and the Virginia Symphony Orchestra, she’s always very busy, with plenty of concerts, festivals and recordings in the pipeline. Falletta has championed dozens of works that could easily be classified as unusual and neglected. She is also an indefatigable champion of new music.
To celebrate her return to Princeton, we’ll enjoy a full morning of her recordings, including selections from new releases of music by Richard Strauss and Vítězslav Novák on the Naxos label. Mark your calendars for another Falletta Fest on Classic Ross Amico, this Thursday morning from 6 to 11 EDT, on WPRB 103.3 FM and wprb.com.
Meet the composer, Saad Haddad:
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