Scottish Fanfare

Evening Music | May 6, 2010
Our evening opens with Scottish fanfare, as we explore a festive medley of traditional tunes from the Scottish highlands (and the legend of Loch Ness), culminating in Benjamin Britten's "Scottish Ballad" for Piano Duo and Orchestra.

We'll head to France for our second hour as Alun Francis leads the Radio Symphony Orchestra of Basel in Darius Milhaud's Symphony No. 2, the first symphony Milhaud composed in the United States after a emigration during World War II. Also, Henri Sauget's La Fontaine fable of "The Cicada and the Ant." Finishing off our French excursion is violinist Cho-Liang Lin and pianist Paul Crossley: we'll hear Maurice Ravel's lively (and lovely) Violin Sonata.

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