Former BPO music director Maximiano Valdés returns to conduct a thrilling and eclectic program with Sterling Elliott, winner of the 2019 Sphinx Competition, performing Saint-Saëns’ intriguing Cello Concerto. Composer Angélica Negrón, known for her use of atypical instrumentation like robotics and toys, introduces an inventive mechanical percussion ensemble in “Me he perdido.” Finally, Bruckner’s rhythmically exciting Sixth Symphony makes use of the full breadth of orchestral colors.
Program
Maximiano Valdés, conductor
Sterling Elliott, cello
ANGÉLICA NEGRÓN “Me he perdido” (I’ve Gotten Lost)
SAINT-SAËNS Cello Concerto
BRUCKNER Symphony No. 6 in A major
