As part of her multi-season residency with the Philadelphia Orchestra, Gabriela Lena Frank has composed a companion piece to Beethoven's Symphony No. 9, Pachamama Meets an Ode. Scored for chorus and orchestra with text by the composer, the piece receives its long-awaited world premiere February 21, 2022 at Carnegie Hall, with Yannick Nézet-Séguin leading the Philadelphia Orchestra and the Philadelphia Symphonic Choir. Additional performances will conclude the orchestra’s Philadelphia season at Verizon Hall, June 3-5, 2022.
Philadelphia Orchestra Music Director Yannick Nézet-Séguin discusses Frank and her music
Pachamama Meets an Ode, commissioned by the Philadelphia Orchestra and Uppsala Chamber Orchestra, imagines a meeting between Beethoven and his Peruvian contemporaries from the Cusco School of Painters. Channeling her own identity and activist mindset, Frank emphasizes the impact of colonialism and the Industrial Revolution across space, time, land, and sea. In doing so, she has produced a timely, unique meditation on the legacy of Ludwig van Beethoven and his iconic “Ode to Joy.”
Frank and her students discuss their BeethovenNOW commissions
The European premiere of Pachamama Meets an Ode takes place May 12, 2022, with Rebecca Miller leading the Uppsala Chamber Orchestra and the Allmänna Sången choir. The West Coast premiere takes place June 11-13, 2022, with David Danzmayr leading the Oregon Symphony, Portland State Choirs, and Oregon Repertory Singers.
Details
February 21, 2022 World premiere
Philadelphia Orchestra and the Philadelphia Symphonic Choir
Yannick Nézet-Séguin, conductor
Carnegie Hall, New York, NY
May 12, 2022 European premiere
Uppsala Chamber Orchestra and the Allmänna Sången choir
Rebecca Miller, conductor
Uppsala Concert & Congress, Great Hall, Uppsala, Sweden
June 3-5, 2022
Philadelphia Orchestra and the Philadelphia Symphonic Choir
Yannick Nézet-Séguin, conductor
Verizon Hall, Philadelphia, PA
June 11-13, 2022 West Coast premiere
Oregon Symphony, Portland State Choirs, and Oregon Repertory Singers
David Danzmayr , conductor
Arlene Schnitzer Concert Hall, Portland, OR
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