Saint-Saëns Symphony No. 3 in C minor, Op. 78 performed at the DiMenna Center for Classical Music by David Bernard conducting the Park Avenue Chamber Symphony with Kayi Wang & Maxim Lando, Pianists and Paolo Bordignon, Organist Symphony No. 3 is Saint-Saëns’s most complete, definitive artistic statement, showcasing the pinnacle of his artistic voice. It is the moment where all of his gifts converge—the organist’s architectural vision, the pianist’s virtuosity, the composer’s clarity and balance, and the thinker’s rigor. The orchestra and organ fuse into a single monumental instrument. Every movement, phrase, and moment is purposeful: striking harmonies, contrapuntal brilliance, soaring melodies, radiant lyricism, and riveting energy create a work both intellectually masterful and deeply moving. It is the culmination of a lifetime of craft transformed into greatness, the piece that embodies everything Saint-Saëns achieved, and the work by which his genius is measured.
00:00 Ia. Adagio – Allegro moderato
10:43 Ib. Poco adagio
21:15 IIa. Allegro moderato – Presto
29:16 IIb. Maestoso – Allegro
Mahler's Symphony No. 9: Fourth Movement (Adagio) — David Bernard conducts the Park Avenue Chamber Symphony in this groundbreaking InsideOut production where you can see audience members experience Mahler while sitting embedded among the musicians, creating an unprecedented level of intimacy. Witness their reactions as they become part of the performance, capturing moments on their phones, following soloists across the orchestra, and ultimately joining the musicians in that breathtaking transition from the final notes to profound silence. A revolutionary concert experience. https://www.davidbernard.com/ Purchase/Stream/Download the full symphony recorded by David Bernard and the Park Avenue Chamber Symphony here: https://orcd.co/mahler9
Barber's Adagio for Strings with David Bernard leading the Park Avenue Chamber Symphony. This performance is an InsideOut Concerts event with the audience embedded within the orchestra. “heartfelt, warm and highly evocative. David Bernard applies a juste milieu tempo for the venerated Adagio for Strings by Samuel Barber (1910-1981). At a timing of 8:38 it feels just right. I've heard recordings that clock in between 10 and 11 minutes and although grippingly sad, are pulled down by their own weight. The multi-layered balance here between the violins, violas and cellos is well done. And the loud climactic point, at the 6:00 minute mark, doesn't screech at you like others I've heard. The final few bars, where Barber seems to tip his hat at the final few bars of Gustav Mahler's Ninth Symphony, are effective without being affective.” -Classical Music Sentinel
Massapequa Philharmonic "Rhapsody in Blue at 100" at the Tilles Center
David Bernard conducting the first movement of Bartók Concerto for Orchestra in performance at Lincoln Center.
Excerpt from David Bernard’s performance of Dvořák Symphony No. 6 with the Park Avenue Chamber Symphony a the CMT Auditorium in New York City. This video contains excerpts from the complete performance.
David Bernard leads the Greenwich Symphony Orchestra in an InsideOut Concerts Event, where the audience sits among the musicians to experience Beethoven's Fifth Symphony--hearing, seeing and feeling the music as the musicians do.
See how performing contemporary music to an audience embedded inside an orchestra can help composers engage more effectively with listeners. In this InsideOut Concert's performance of Ligeti Atmosphères excerpted in this video, you can see the audience responding to Ligeti's orchestration and intense sororities. When the works ends, an audience member proclaims "Oh Yeah" -- perhaps the only time this has ever happened in a performance of this work -- in appreciation of the immersive experience only offered through InsideOut. Ligeti Atmosphères David Bernard Park Avenue Chamber Symphony InsideOut Concerts
Park Avenue Chamber Symphony & InsideOut Concerts brings audiences inside a full symphony orchestra for an unforgettable experience that builds audiences, cultivates donors and engages families and children. In this "Family Experience," children and their caregivers see, feel and hear the music making unfold around them.
