Yannick Nézet-Séguin Conductor
Price Symphony No. 4
Rachmaninoff Symphony No. 2
This program opens with Florence Price’s Symphony No. 4, which incorporates melodies from spirituals, including a beautifully orchestrated theme from “Wade in the Water.” The Philadelphia Orchestra’s GRAMMY-winning record of Price’s first and third symphonies (2022 “Best Orchestral Performance”) celebrated the Arkansas-born composer whose long-overlooked work has sparked global interest. The program also features Rachmaninoff’s warm and melodious Symphony No. 2, a lush and sentimental work of immense power and beauty that has not been performed on a University Musical Society program in over 30 years.