Denève: Brahms 3

Brahms’ Third Symphony shares the program with contemporary works by Missy Mazzoli and Kevin Puts in a New World Symphony concert led by Stéphane Denève. Denève: Brahms 3 takes place Saturday, December 12 and Sunday, December 13 at the New World Center in Miami Beach. The program also marks the New World Symphony debut of Time for Three, the Grammy-winning string trio featured in Puts’ concerto Contact.

The concert opens with Brahms’ Symphony No. 3, a compact and deeply expressive work known for its sweeping first movement and lyrical third movement. After intermission, NWS Conducting Fellow Ziwei Ma leads Mazzoli’s Sinfonia (for Orbiting Spheres), a short orchestral work with swirling, kinetic textures. The program closes with Puts’ Contact, written for Time for Three and organized in three movements: “The Call,” “Codes” and “Contact.”

Time for Three brings together violinists Nicolas “Nick” Kendall and Charles Yang with double bassist Ranaan Meyer, blending classical performance with Americana, singer-songwriter and improvisatory influences. Denève, New World Symphony’s Artistic Director, is also Music Director of the St. Louis Symphony Orchestra and Principal Guest Conductor of the Netherlands Radio Philharmonic.