Themes from a Midsummer Night

Evening Music | May 6, 2010
We buck the approaching solstice with Michael Gandolfi's atmospheric concert suite "Themes from a Midsummer Night," drawn from incidental music written for Shakespeare's "A Midsummer Night's Dream." Also, vintage recordings of Dmitri Shostakovitch at the piano and Alan Hovhaness's orchestral tone poem "And God Created Great Whales."

Also Featured Tonight:

William Bolcom / Bird Spirits
Leonard Bernstein / Trio for Violin, Violoncello and Piano
Veljo Tormis / Crosswind
Ingram Marshall / Hidden Voices
Kaija Saariaho / Chateau de l'ame

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