Unearth, Release

Unearth, Release is a viola concerto by the American composer Julia Adolphe. The work was commissioned by the League of American Orchestras and the New York Philharmonic with support from the Virginia B. Toulmin Foundation. It was first performed on July 16, 2016, at Guilford College by the violist Cynthia Phelps and Eastern Music Festival Orchestra under Gerard Schwarz. Adolphe later revised the work, however, and the revised version was given its premiere on November 17, 2016, at David Geffen Hall by Phelps and the New York Philharmonic conducted by Jaap van Zweden. Adolphe dedicated the piece Cynthia Phelps and the New York Philharmonic.[1][2]

  1. ^ Unearth, Release (Concerto for Viola and Orchestra). New York Philharmonic. January 16, 2018.
  2. ^ Ross, Alex (November 21, 2016). "A Composer's Début, at the Philharmonic". The New Yorker. Retrieved January 16, 2018.