Simone Young conducts the DSO [Dallas, not Danville, sorry] on the Evening Concert

Tonight at 7:00 on the “Evening Concert” on FM 90.9 you’ll hear Holst’s “The Planets”. Simone Young guest conducts the Dallas Symphony Orchestra in what D Magazine described as a “vigorous, (and) powerful performance”. Also on the program Philip Glass’ “Violin Concerto”.

Wednesday February 1: Dallas Symphony Orchestra (DSO 17-05 of 13)

CONDUCTOR: Simone Young; 

PFITZNER: Palestrina Prelude; 

Philip GLASS: Violin Concerto;  SOLOIST: Karen Gomyo, violin

HOLST The Planets

Simone Young was Artistic Director of the Hamburg State Opera and Music Director of the Hamburg Philharmonic Orchestra from August 2005 to the end of the 2014/2015 season, where she conducted a wide range of operas including works by Mozart, Verdi, Puccini, Wagner, Strauss, Hindemith, Britten and Henze in new productions and repertoire performances, among them world premieres and several German premieres. Read more at her website: http://www.simoneyoung.com/english/biography/