Romeo and Juliet

In these Sunday Concerts, the energetic and creative attitude of the conductor Tianyi Lu is put at the service of two fascinating works, linked by inspiration in the work of William Shakespeare. The challenge for Sibelius to create music from The Tempest, a play in which the English playwright sets Prospero to resort to magic to unleash a storm and cause a shipwreck, would stimulate in the composer one of his most stunning symphonic pieces. Prokofiev, for his part, created the ballet Romeo and Juliet, a dance version of the archetypal romantic narrative.

Programme
Jean Sibelius
The Tempest, Suite no. 1, op. 109/2
(selection)
Sergei Prokofiev
Romeo and Juliet

(suites 1 and 2 – selection)

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