Tchaikovsky's Fourth Symphony • NOI Philharmonic • NOI Philharmonic
Tchaikovsky's Fourth Symphony • NOI Philharmonic • NOI Philharmonic
ABOUT THE EVENT
Led by the Reno Philharmonic's Laura Jackson, this ambitious program includes three centuries of melodic fireworks. We begin with Maurice Ravel's 1919 ballet La valse, a wildly romantic, whirling 13-minute score that both celebrates and eulogizes the Viennese Waltz and inspired generations of choreographers. Next is Grammy Award-nominated composer Anna Clyne's 2025 PALETTE (an NOI+F co-commission with the St Louis Symphony, BBC Philharmonic and New World Symphony), a concerto that explores the symbiosis between music and visual art. Clyne's practice as a painter inspires the composition's bubbling synesthesia, capturing each of her canvases—rendered in Plum, Amber, Lava, Ebony, Teal, Tangerine and Emerald, to form the work's acronymic title—in seven ravishing movements, awash in a storm of gesture, texture, light, color and form. We close with a performance of Pyotr Tchaikovsky’s epic 1878 Symphony No. 4. This masterpiece, in turns melancholy and bombastic, acts as precious insight into the beautiful and tempestuous inner life of the composer’s genius.
PROGRAM
Ravel: La Valse
Clyne: PALETTE (NOI+F Co-Commission)
Tchaikovsky: Symphony No. 4
FUNDING
The National Orchestral Institute + Festival is supported in part by the Maryland State Arts Council, The Morris and Gwendolyn Cafritz Foundation, The Marinus and Minna B. Koster Foundation and the Nicolae Bretan Music Foundation.
ABOUT NOI+F
This event is part of Clarice Presents' National Orchestral Institute + Festival (NOI+F). NOI+F brings together aspiring orchestral musicians from across the country for a month of dynamic music-making and professional exploration. Chosen through a rigorous, cross-country audition process, these young artists present passionate and thrilling performances of adventurous repertoire at The Clarice Smith Performing Arts Center (The Clarice).
Internationally recognized conducting luminary Marin Alsop was appointed first-ever music director of the National Orchestral Institute + Festival in 2020. As music director, Alsop leads the NOI+F Conducting Academy and conducts multiple concerts at The Clarice each June.
NOI+F entered into a partnership with Naxos Records that has already produced six albums, including a GRAMMY nomination in the category of “Best Orchestral Performance” in 2018.