Musically Speaking: Tragic Love: Wagner & Prokofiev

Tickets
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11
May
2019
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Sat 8:00 pm
Orpheum
11 May 2019 —
Sat 8:00 pm
Orpheum

Artists
Otto Tausk
VSO Music Director
Jeanette Jonquil
Principal Clarinet (Robert G. and Suzanne Brodie Chair)
Julia Lockhart
Principal Bassoon

Otto Tausk VSO Music Director

Jeanette Jonquil Principal Clarinet (Robert G. and Suzanne Brodie Chair)

Julia Lockhart Principal Bassoon
Tickets
-
11
May
2019
—
Sat 8:00 pm
Orpheum
11 May 2019 —
Sat 8:00 pm
Orpheum
Program
Wagner
Tristan und Isolde: Prelude and Liebestod
Strauss
Duet Concertino for Clarinet & Bassoon
Prokofiev
Romeo & Juliet: Suite (Suite curated by Otto Tausk)
Approx. 90 Minute Performance
The spotlight shines on VSO musicians Julia Lockhart and Jeanette Jonquil in the lovely Duet Concertino for Clarinet and Bassoon by Richard Strauss, and Maestro Tausk presents Prokofiev’s Romeo & Juliet in a way that Vancouver audiences have never heard before, in a suite that features not only the most famous sections, but also some of the rarely-performed music in between that is in fact some of the most beautiful music in the entire work.
Wagner
Tristan und Isolde: Prelude and Liebestod
Strauss
Duet Concertino for Clarinet & Bassoon
Prokofiev
Romeo & Juliet: Suite (Suite curated by Otto Tausk)
The spotlight shines on VSO musicians Julia Lockhart and Jeanette Jonquil in the lovely Duet Concertino for Clarinet and Bassoon by Richard Strauss, and Maestro Tausk presents Prokofiev’s Romeo & Juliet in a way that Vancouver audiences have never heard before, in a suite that features not only the most famous sections, but also some of the rarely-performed music in between that is in fact some of the most beautiful music in the entire work.