![]() She was working in Brazil when she saw the opening for music director at the Richmond Symphony. The Italian-born conductor has worked with orchestras around the world. “What I really loved was that the goal was to bring people together - to create a bond and an embrace.” “It was embracing two worlds and two cultures into one piece of music. ![]() ![]() Obtaining the score for the relatively obscure piece was not easy however, she was drawn in by the sound, the history and the idea of what the composer was trying to create. She said she found the work by chance searching online for new music during the pandemic. Peleggi confided in a recent Zoom interview. “Until a couple of years ago I had never heard about this symphony,” Ms. ![]() Now Richmond audiences will get to hear it conducted by the symphony’s music director, Valentina Peleggi. It became the African-American composer’s first and last symphony, and has only been performed a handful of times since. When the Richmond Symphony takes the stage for two performances this weekend, one of the pieces they will perform is being billed as “the greatest symphony you’ve never heard.”įirst premiered to critical acclaim in 1934, “Negro Folk Symphony” by William Dawson never achieved widespread success. ![]()
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