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The Cleveland Orchestra Performs the US Premiere of Julian Anderson's Symphony No. 2 "Prague Panoramas"

Dec. 20, 2023

The Cleveland Orchestra, under the baton of Semyon Bychkov, gave the US premiere performances of Julian Anderson's Symphony No. 2"Prague Panoramas" on December 7 and 9 at Severance Hall in Cleveland. Bychkov led the BBC Symphony in the world premiere of the complete work in August 2022. The composer notes:

"I have admired Josef Sudek’s book Prague Panoramic since I first saw it 16 years ago. The breadth and sweep of his astonishingly beautiful panoramic photographs evoke orchestral sonorities every time I look at them. An important aspect of the photographs which gives them a somewhat surreal quality is their lack of a single focal point - everything is in sharp focus, no matter how vast the panoramas.

For my work, I have selected a number of the most striking images. I find them a hugely stimulating source of creative energy and intensity. If ever there was a musical book of photographs, this is it."


Julian Anderson discusses his Symphony No. 2 "Prague Panoramas" before the world premiere of the work in August 2022


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Julian Anderson
Symphony No. 2 "Prague Panoramas" (2019-2021)
for orchestra
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35'

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