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Further Shores: Symphonic Music of Asia and the Asian Diaspora

MassBay  Community College

Andreas Delfs conducts Berlioz’s only symphony, the Fantastique, which was described by Leonard Bernstein as “the first musical expedition into psychedelia because of its hallucinatory and dream-like nature.” And, Benjamin Beilman, whom The New York Times described as “muscular with a glint of violence,” gives a passionate performance of Britten’s Violin Concerto, one of his most beautiful and emotionally complex works. Bright Sheng’s Tibetan Love Song and Swing, a work that evokes both the beauty and savageness of a Tibetan mountain dance opens the concert.

Fantastic Symphony

Eastman Theatre

Piano virtuoso Yefim Bronfman returns to open this Golden Anniversary Season performing Johannes Brahms’ Piano Concerto No. 2, the last work that the great composer added to his repertoire as a pianist and one that is filled with technical challenges for the performer and rich rewards for the audience. The opulent splendor evoking Vienna’s Golden Age found in Richard Strauss’ Suite from Der Rosenkavalier gives the program a fitting start for this milestone season. The program begins with the world premiere of a composition by Bright Sheng which was commissioned by Professor and Mrs. Paul du Quenoy, and The Common Sense Society, with support of the Palm Beach Freedom Institute.

Yefim Bronfman, Piano

The Raymond F. Kravis Center for the Performing Arts

A Love That Tears A Dynasty Apart The noble Jia family may have finally found the solution to its age-old debt: She’s young, she’s beautiful, and, most importantly, she’s wealthy. There’s only one problem. She’s not the woman of Bao Yu’s dreams. Adapted from a classic of world literature, Dream of the Red Chamber is an opulent exploration of love, lust, and political intrigue in imperial China by composer Bright Sheng and Tony Award winner David Henry Hwang.

Bright Sheng

Events

Feb 11, 2024

Further Shores: Symphonic Music of Asia and the Asian Diaspora · Wellesley Symphony Orchestra

8 - 10 Feb, 2024

Fantastic Symphony · Rochester Philharmonic Orchestra

Nov 19, 2023

Yefim Bronfman, Piano · Palm Beach Symphony

Jun 14 - Jul 3, 2022

Dream of the Red Chamber · San Francisco Opera

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