Brooklyn Symphony Orchestra: Adams, Roussel, Sachse, and Strauss

The Brooklyn Symphony Orchestra opens its 52nd season with a concert led by Artistic Director Emeritus Nick Armstrong. The program begins with John Adams’s “The Chairman Dances (Foxtrot for Orchestra),” a playful and nostalgic piece conceived as part of his opera Nixon in China. Next is Sinfonietta for Strings, op. 52, a short, dazzling work by French composer Albert Roussel that highlights the BSO string players’ talents.

Then, guest soloist Giuseppe Laino will perform a rare work: a concertino for bass trombone by the little-known Ernst Sachse, an early Romantic era composer. The concert concludes with “Death and Transfiguration,” a tone poem by the then 26-year-old Richard Strauss. Despite the ominous title, it is a huge work full of drama and soaring romantic melody.

Program:

• Adams, “The Chairman Dances (Foxtrot for Orchestra)”

• Roussel, Sinfonietta for Strings, op. 52

• Sachse, Trombone Concertino in B Major (Giuseppe Laino, soloist)

• Strauss, “Death and Transfiguration”

Advance tickets are available through the Brooklyn Symphony Orchestra at $15 for adults 65+ and Museum Members and $20 for non-Members; same-day tickets are $25 at the door. Free for ages 16 and under.