Gilbert Conducts Nielsen and Haydn at Severance Music Center

The Cleveland Orchestra
Alan Gilbert, conductor
Paul Yancich, timpani
Liv Redpath, soprano
Justin Austin, baritone

OLIVERIO  Legacy Ascendant

HAYDN  Symphony No. 90

NIELSEN  Symphony No. 3 ("Sinfonia espansiva")

Carl Nielsen nicknamed his Third Symphony “Expansive,” and it is sprawling in ambition and scope — here he discovers his mature voice in a ravishing love letter to his Danish homeland, filled with both seductive mystery and heartening warmth. The concert opens with principal timpani Paul Yancich as soloist in James Oliverio’s new Timpani Concerto, which was commissioned for him by The Cleveland Orchestra.