Gain extra insights into our Symphonic programs with Shields-Collins Bray, who presents Concert Conversations one hour prior to each Symphonic Concert. These free pre-concert lectures take place inside the auditorium and often feature recorded excerpts of music you will be hearing performed live as well as conversations with guest artists and visiting composers.
Symphonie fantastique
Symphonic
January 31 - February 2, 2020
Dates
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Fri, Jan 31, 2020, 7:30 PM
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Sat, Feb 1, 2020, 7:30 PM
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Sun, Feb 2, 2020, 2:00 PM
Location
Bass Performance Hall
Duration
Approximately 2 hours, including a 20 minute intermission
Overview
Watch FWSO Principal Cellist Allan Steele shine in Tchaikovsky’s Rococo Variations, which reflect Tchaikovsky’s adoration of the music of Mozart, a composer he revered above all, and they present a dazzling package of virtuoso cello-writing. Lili Boulanger’s D’un matin de printemps will delight with its playful twists and turns. And Berlioz’s epic Symphonie fantastique will tell the story of an artist's self-destructive passion for a beautiful woman.
Works
Boulanger
D'un matin de printemps
Tchaikovsky
Variations on a Rococo Theme
Berlioz
Symphonie fantastique
Featured Artists
Fort Worth Symphony Orchestra
Yaniv Dinur, Conductor
Allan Steele, Cello
"Dinur and the orchestra captured the narrative flow of the programmatic piece [Shostakovich Symphony No. 12] in a completely committed performance. They moved from long, quiet, introspective sections of heartfelt music-making, to equally lengthy, deeply stirring sections of big, bold—sometimes stunningly so—sound, giving the symphony shape, meaning and a mesmerizing performance."
MILWAUKEE JOURNAL SENTINEL
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