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Fantastic Symphony

Event

Date:
February 8, 2024
Time:
7:30 pm - 9:30 pm
Event Category:

Venue

Location:
Kodak Hall at Eastman Theatre
Address:
26 Gibbs Street
Rochester, NY 14604 United States
Phone:
(585) 454-2100

Details

FANTASTIC SYMPHONY

Thursday
February 8, 2024
7:30 PM

Saturday
February 10, 2024
8:00 PM

Who’s Who

Andreas Delfs, conductor
Benjamin Beilman, violin

Location

Kodak Hall at Eastman Theatre
Pre-concert talk will start 1 hour before the show.

The Maple Quartet from Eastman School of Music will perform in the lobby in front of Betty’s Cafe 30 minutes before each show. These string students include Isabel Chen (violin), Magali Pelletey (violin), John Crowley (viola), and Gabriel Hennebury (cello).

The Program

BRIGHT SHENG Tibetan Love Song and Swing
BRITTEN Violin Concerto
BERLIOZ Symphonie Fantastique

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.

Additional Dates

Fantastic Symphony February 10, 2024 8:00 pm