Overview

Giancarlo Guerrero, conductor | Joseph Alessi, trombone

Karol Szymanowski: Concert Overture
Chick Corea: Trombone Concerto | Live Recording
Sergei Prokofiev: Romeo and Juliet Suite

New York Philharmonic prinicpal trombonist Joseph Alessi — a veritable rock star among American brass players — takes center stage with a work written for him by the late, great jazz legend Chick Corea, premiered with Giancarlo Guerrero in São Paolo. Szymanowski’s Concert Overture is an exuberant concert opener, and Giancarlo ties it all together with Prokofiev’s Romeo and Juliet Suite, which perfectly captures the drama and heartbreak of Shakespeare’s immortal story.