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Tchaikovsky: Twist of Fate

Saturday, October 9, 2010  - Sarasota Opera House

Tchaikovsky's emotional insecurity and periods of depression provide important insight into his music.  Rather than lament his catastrophic divorce, he poured his emotions into a new symphony.  Discover how Tchaikovsky's Fourth Symphony hinges on the role fate plays in attaining happiness, and then hear the symphony in its entirety with new perspective.   



Irving, George and Aaron:
Inventing the American Sound

Saturday, November 20, 2010 - Sarasota Opera House

The music of Irving Berlin, George Gershwin and Aaron Copland is known as the "American Sound." This upbeat program tells the stories of these three sons of Russian-Jewish immigrants. Featured will be excerpts from Copland's Appalachian Spring, Gershwin's Porgy and Bess and Berlin's Blue Skies.


Shostakovich:
Truth or Consequences

Saturday, May 7, 2011  - Sarasota Opera House

Shostakovich's music was periodically banned and officially denounced twice by the Stalinist-era Soviet Union. He wrote his Fifth Symphony as a testament to his triumph over adversity. But triumph how?  Sorting fact from fiction in this story is no small feat. Survival required Shostakovich to wear many masks and speak in a code that few could truly understand. 


Like a Ken Burns PBS special - but with live music - Bjaland brought us into the life and times of a period before skyscrapers and computers. ... This is, I hope, the future of great classical music concerts. It's innovation that enhances. And, it deserved the cheers that went beyond the standard Sarasota standing ovation.



June LeBel
Classical Music Critic, The Observer Group


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