Swans, Dance & Romance
Saturday 19 November 2022, 7:30pm
Oxford Town Hall
Bernstein - Symphonic Dances from West Side Story
Bruch - Violin Concerto no.1
Sibelius - The Swan of Tuonela
Tchaikovsky - Swan Lake Suite
Leo Appel violin
Robert Max conductor
West Side Story adapts Romeo and Juliet to the setting of urban New York, and Bernstein uses latin dance rhythms to depict the tension between the rival gangs, and the first tentative glances between the ill-fated lovers.
Bruch's first violin concerto features lyrical romantic violin melodies and soulful introspection.
In Sibelius' atmospheric tone poem, Tuonela is the Isle of the Dead, located in a large river of black waters. A swan glides upon these waters, voiced by a beautiful plaintive cor anglais.
Tchaikovsky's Swan Lake Suite was selected from the ballet of the same name,
and the graceful and passionate music evokes swans, who are cursed maidens,
inhabiting a mysterious romantic lake of tears.
Tickets: £16, Over 60s £14, Accompanied under 16s FREE
Students aged 16-25 and those in receipt of benefits £5
from Tickets Oxford at Oxford Playhouse 01865 305305
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Oxford Town Hall - "a Victorian Gem, good for concerts" (Trip Advisor)
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