In Friday’s (3/8) Dallas Morning News, Scott Cantrell writes, “The Fort Worth Symphony Orchestra will be seriously in the running for an adventurous-programming prize next season. … The FWSO promises a work from the 20th or 21st century on every one of its 10 Symphonic Series programs. We’re not talking about Ravel and Respighi, either. The series makes a point of exploring works by lesser-known composers and countries rarely represented on classical concerts. The composers are Henry Lissant-Collints (South Africa), Donnacha Dennehy (Ireland), An-Lun Huang (China), Pancho Vladigerov (Bulgaria), György Ligeti (Hungary), Nikos Skalkottas (Greece), Arvo Pärt (Estonia), Carl Nielsen (Denmark), Peter Sculthorpe (Australia) and Alexander Arutiunian (Armenia). … Music Director Miguel Harth-Bedoya will conduct these three concerts and six of the Symphonic Series programs. Guest conductors will be Mei-An Chen, Rossen Milanov, Joshua Weilerstein and Alejandro Posada. … Subscriber specials include a gala featuring Yo-Yo Ma, Handel’s Messiah, a program of South American music in Harth-Bedoya’s Caminos del Inka series and a New Year’s Eve Frank Sinatra program.”
Posted March 8, 2013
