National Festival Orchestra: Brahms Second Symphony

National Festival Orchestra

Brahms Second Symphony
Saturday, June 20, 2015 . 8PM
Rossen Milanov
Rossen Milanov
Principal People: 

Conductor Rossen Milanov

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Rossen Milanov, a frequent guest on the podium on many of the country's top orchestras, returns to lead the National Festival Orchestra in three works of boundless color and excitement.

Repertoire

  • Henri Dutilleux: Métaboles
  • Richard Strauss: Suite from Der Rosenkavalier
  • Johannes Brahms: Symphony No. 2

The National Orchestral Institute Festival brings together aspiring orchestral musicians from across the country for a month of dynamic music-making and professional exploration. Chosen by a rigorous, cross-country audition process, these young artists present passionate and awe-inspiring performances of adventuresome repertoire at The Clarice and in the community.

Review by The Washington Post

But small individual glitches aside, the orchestra sounded well drilled, even though the average quality may have been a little higher in past years.

ROBERT BATTEY, The Washington Post, June 21, 2015