Description:

This concert features dancing joy and passionate splendor from Vienna. Guest conductor James Conlon has programmed a festive concert of two early- 20th-century romantic rarities coupled with a 19th-century favorite. Franz Schreker's luxuriant and shimmering Prelude to a Drama from 1914 sets the stage for this evocative program. And in scenes from Zemlinsky's opera The Dwarf, based on an Oscar Wilde story, lush and conflicting music promotes tension and love amidst mirrors of illusion. The concert concludes with Beethoven's joyously upbeat celebration of dance rhythms turned into a symphony.

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• October 03, 2008
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• October 18, 2008
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• November 08, 2008
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• November 21, 2008
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• December 04, 2008
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Audio Samples:

Beethoven - Symphony No. 7

Concert Enhancements:

Free Pre-Concert Conversation one hour prior to concert

Program Notes:

October 31, 2008 Download Adobe Acrobat to view Program Notes.

Series Information:

Part of the Connoisseur Collection, and package Friday Afternoon A

Part of the Matinee Collection, and package Friday Afternoon A

Part of the Weekday Collection, and package Friday Afternoon A