Gloriana

Evening Music | May 6, 2010
Tonight, we'll evoke Elizabethan England with the Courtly Dances from Benjamin Britten's coronation opera, "Gloriana" (written in honor of the second Elizabeth in 1953); William Boughton conducts the English String Orchestra.

Also featured: Ravel's delightful "Mother Goose" Suite (in its orchestral version), and Tchaikovsky's ever-popular Violin Concerto in D Major featuring soloist Leila Josefowicz.

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