Led by acclaimed Russian conductor Lidiya Yankovskaya, the orchestra presents ‘Myths, Fairy Tales, and Legends.’
Conductor Lidiya Yankovskaya will lead Symphony San Jose in a program of Wagner, Prokofiev and Lera Auerbach.September 26, 2023 at 11:11 a.m.
With a strong commitment to innovation, Yankovskaya has become one of classical music’s essential artists. This week, the Russian-born, Chicago-based conductor comes to the Bay Area to lead Symphony San Jose’s new program. Titled “Myths, Fairy Tales and Legends,” it features Lera Auerbach’s “Icarus,” Wagner’s Prelude and Liebestod from “Tristan und Isolde,” and a Suite from Prokofiev’s “Cinderella.
“Lera is a spectacular composer — so imaginative, and she thinks in these big forms that connect to the Wagner. Her music is vast: It focuses on these long phrases, taking that and building it over time, as Wagner does. With Wagner, it’s all about that endless phrase that doesn’t resolve, doesn’t give up — and before you know it, a lot of time has passed and you didn’t even know it. It just pulls you along. Lera’s music has a similar effect.
Since then, she’s divided her time between symphonic works and opera, with appearances at the New York and Los Angeles Philharmonics, Houston Grand Opera, and Chicago Symphony. She’s conducted 40 world premieres, including 17 operas; in recent years she led the Chicago premieres of Jake Heggie’s “Moby-Dick” and Joby Talbot’s “Everest.” When we spoke, she had just finished conducting one of her favorite operas, Dvorak’s “Rusalka,” at Santa Fe Opera.
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