Special Concerts
Classics

Classics 1: Electrifying Colors

Eckart Preu, conductor

Pascal Roge, piano


Maurice Ravel, Bolero

George Gershwin, Piano Concerto in F

Nikolai Rimski-Korsakov, Sheherazade


What better way to start out a season than with the rhythms and colors of Ravel's Bolero! One of the greatest pieces of French music, the huge slow and steady orchestral crescendo will quicken your pulse more effectively than any other piece of music. George Gershwin's genius was that he succeeded in both classical and jazz. With his gift for melody and a natural feeling for dramatic pacing, he melded the form of an instrumental concerto as established by Mozart and Beethoven with a Charleston rhythm, or a blues melody. Rimski-Korsakov's oriental fantasy Sheherazade is a miracle of orchestration. Inspired by The Arabian Nights, it is a feast of sumptuous colors and brilliant instrumental effects.

Listen to Bolero

NEW! Read Interactive Program Notes for Classics 1

Listen to our exciting Radio Spot

Podcast notes from Eckart on Bolero, Gershwin's Piano Concerto, and Scheherazade.

 

Go to the Second Annual Opening Night Gala before the Sept. 26 performance.

 

 

 

Performances

09/26/09
8:00 PM - 10:00 PM
Martin Woldson Theater at The Fox
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09/27/09
3:00 PM - 5:00 PM
Martin Woldson Theater at The Fox
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