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Sunday, April 11, 2010 — Friday, April 16, 2010
# 18570: Romeo and Juliet; Creaton of Song; Stravinsky and Ballets Russes
Program
Contrasting Approaches to Romeo and Juliet
featuring Douglas Heist
Shakespeare's tale of star-crossed lovers has received many musical settings. Explore Tchaikovsky's very expressive, yet rather brief orchestral overture and compare it with the expansive, dramatic vocal-orchestral symphony by Berlioz.
The Creation of Song
featuring John Weber
Explore songs inspired by the poetry of Goethe, Muller, Verlaine, Mallarme, Dickenson, and Shakespeare. Hear examples of the perfect union of poetry and music by composers from Fauré to Poulenc, Schubert to Strauss, and Barber to Copland.
Stravinsky and the Ballets Russes
featuring Janice Macaulay
“Firebird,” “Petrushka,” and “Rite of Spring” were the first of Stravinsky's sensational scores written for Diaghilev's Ballets Russes. Analyze Stravinsky's unique artistic approaches that distinguished him as the foremost composer of his time.
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