Friday, February 15, 2008

From Russian Easter to Scheherazade

The Cheyenne Symphony presents "Legends, Fantasies, and Celebrations" on Saturday, Feb. 23, 7:30 p.m. in Cheyenne.

The selections include:
  • RIMSKY-KORSAKOV, Russian Easter Overture
  • RAVEL, Pavane for a Dead Princess
  • BORODIN, Polovtsian Dances
  • RIMSKY-KORSAKOV Scheherazade

According to a press release, "Guest Conductor William Intriligator will introduce us to a thrilling Russian Easter with the opening music and then share the fantasy of a Thousand and One Arabian Nights with Rimsky-Korsakov's Scheherazade. Along the way we spend a little time at a dignified and elegant reception for a young Spanish Princess in the Pavane for a Dead Princess and hear the exotic touches of Boradin's Polovtsian Dances with its memorable Stranger in Paradise tune."

FMI: http://www.cheyennesymphony.org