AMERICA, INSPIRING: RAVEL & RACHMANINOFF

ANDREW CONSTANTINE conductor
TERRENCE WILSON piano (pictured)
NEW JERSEY SYMPHONY ORCHESTRA

The searing energy of jazz, the speed and power of a fighter plane—these emblems of American ingenuity captured the imagination of Ravel and Martinů. Acclaimed pianist Terrence Wilson, a Montclair resident, dazzles in Ravel’s colorful concerto.

• MARTINŮ Thunderbolt P-47 (NJSO Premiere)
  A stirring homage by a Czech composer to his adopted home, the USA; a tribute to the eponymous aircraft and its brave pilots.

• RAVEL Piano Concerto in G Major
  After Ravel met Gershwin in New York, he went back to Europe to write this jazzy, mesmerizing concerto.

• RACHMANINOFF Symphonic Dances
  Bursting with energy; with nods to Russian liturgical chant and American jazz.