From Russia with Jazz
VOLVO CAR CANADA PRESENTS
VSO Spring Festival
Orpheum Theatre
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06 Apr 2019 —
Saturday 8:00 pm
Orpheum Theatre
Artists
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Otto Tausk
VSO Music Director -
Stewart Goodyear
Piano
Program
- Rimsky-Korsakov
The Snow Maiden: Dance of the Buffoons - Gershwin
Piano Concerto in F Major - Rachmaninoff
Symphony No. 2 in E minor
APRIL 6, 2019
George Gershwin, the American son of Jewish-Russian immigrants, was recognized as a musical genius, though he struggled to be taken seriously as an orchestral composer; but his Piano Concerto was a triumph, heavily influenced by jazz but very much like a traditional concerto. Sergei Rachmaninoff moved to America following the Russian Revolution, and was removed from the trials and tribulations of the burgeoning Soviet political machine; his Symphony No. 2 is an epic, luscious Romantic feast. Fellow Russian composer Rimsky- Korsakov’s Dance of the Buffoons seems like appropriate music to include, describing as its title does certain present-day politicians.
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06 Apr 2019 —
Saturday 8:00 pm
Orpheum Theatre
Artists
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Otto Tausk
VSO Music Director -
Stewart Goodyear
Piano
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