Summary: Music Director Alan Gilbert discusses the New York Premiere of the theatrical event that is Magnus Lindberg's Kraft. Lindberg, the Orchestra's Marie-Josée Kravis Composer-in-Residence, traces the origin of the work to his experiences with the alternative music scene of 1980s Berlin, and talks about the instrumentation, staging, and choreography of this sound spectacle. Podcast host Elliott Forrest explores the lush, sensual sound-world of Debussy's Prelude to the Afternoon of a Faun and Sibelius's masterful Violin Concerto, which will be performed on these concerts by Joshua Bell.
