American Premiere of Langer's "The Dong with a Luminous Nose" with BSO, TFC & Mark Elder in March 2024

Eminent English conductor Sir Mark Elder returns to
Symphony Hall for the first time since 2011 to lead a
program exploring whimsy, fantasy, and folklore. He leads
the American premiere of Elena Langer’s The Dong with
the Luminous Nose, a setting of Edward Lear’s delightful
“nonsense poem,” written for the BSO and the London
Philharmonic Orchestra, which gave the first performance
in March 2023. The BSO performance features BSO
principal cello Blaise Déjardin as soloist along with the
Tanglewood Festival Chorus. Maurice Ravel’s Mother
Goose ballet score began as a suite of children’s piano
pieces, each movement illustrating an iconic tale. Antonín
Dvořák’s The Noonday Witch is based on a much darker
Czech folktale. Czech composer Leoš Janáček’s
energetically masterful Sinfonietta closes the program.

Concerts at Symphony Hall on March 14-15-16 2024.