Baroque Birthday
Evening Music | May 6, 2010
Composer Jean-Baptiste Lully wrote dances for Louis XIV and set Moliére's plays to music. He also suffered the most embarrassing death in classical music when he fatally stabbed himself in the foot with his conducting staff. We'll celebrate the 319th anniversary of this Baroque master's birth tonight with his "Suite italienne," courtesy of Chatham Baroque.
Also tonight, Howard Hanson's musical self-portrait, the Symphony No. 2 — also known as the "Romantic Symphony." Some other hits are in store tonight with Rachmaninoff's "Rhapsody on a Theme of Paganini" *featuring Andre Gavrilov) and Mozart's Symphony No. 40 (with the Chamber Orchestra of Europe). John Lanchberry and the Philharmonia Orchestra bring the evening to a somnolent close with Tchaikovsky's "Sleeping Beauty" Suite.
Also tonight, Howard Hanson's musical self-portrait, the Symphony No. 2 — also known as the "Romantic Symphony." Some other hits are in store tonight with Rachmaninoff's "Rhapsody on a Theme of Paganini" *featuring Andre Gavrilov) and Mozart's Symphony No. 40 (with the Chamber Orchestra of Europe). John Lanchberry and the Philharmonia Orchestra bring the evening to a somnolent close with Tchaikovsky's "Sleeping Beauty" Suite.
