Musical storytelling Spano Conducts: Scheherazade and The Rite of Spring
Symphonic
Dates
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Fri, Jan 31, 2025, 7:30 PM
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Sat, Feb 1, 2025, 7:30 PM
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Sun, Feb 2, 2025, 2:00 PM
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Location
Bass Performance Hall
Overview
Who doesn’t love the story of 1,001 Arabian Nights? In Scheherazade, Russian composer Rimsky-Korsakov used the full might of the symphony orchestra to retell a few of those tales. Heavy brass portray the sultan while a violin solo spins out the beginning of each of Scheherazade’s tales. Balancing the program is another of music’s most famous tales, Stravinsky’s The Rite of Spring, a ferocious story of sacrifice and rebirth where the orchestra and dancers share the stage.
This concert is generously supported by Aaron Howard and Corrie Hood-Howard.
Works
RIMSKY-KORSAKOV: Scheherazade, Op. 35
STRAVINSKY: The Rite of Spring