Romeo and Juliet makes full use of the orchestra’s sweeping string section. Layer on layer of sumptuous melodies are woven together, with various tunes depicting particular sections of the plot. As ...

Tchaikovsky believed ... All of the orchestral colours shimmer and the memorable melody for solo horn in the second movement is very well executed. As a bonus, there's the well-loved Romeo and Juliet ...

The Lubbock Symphony Orchestra is kicking ... The program, titled "Romeo & Juliet: A Timeless Romance," includes Prokofiev’s Romeo and Juliet Suite, Tchaikovsky’s Violin Concerto featuring ...

for it was the debut of the orchestra’s new “Symphony in 60” format. So the “Romeo and Juliet” Fantasy-Overture by Peter Tchaikovsky being performed on Friday and Saturday nights was ...

Hoffman starts this romantic musical journey with Tchaikovsky's Romeo and Juliet Fantasy Overture ... Charles Gounod's Romeo et Juliette, Munich Radio Orchestra, Chorus of the Bavarian Radio.

The Cleveland Orchestra has announced its 106th season of concerts at Severance Music Center from September 2023 to May 2024. Marking the 22nd year of the ensemble's acclaimed partnership with ...

The Gaston String Orchestra is presenting music inspired by literature ... the Montagues and the Capulets were warring in the tragic love story of Romeo and Juliet. Tchaikovsky’s lush overture runs ...

It ran from a rousing take on Tchaikovsky’s “Romeo and Juliet” Overture-Fantasy to ... Plucked strings had presence; entrances of flute or harp came across clearly; a roll of percussion ...

Though “Romeo and Juliet” is often presented as a full-length ballet, usually set to music by Prokofiev, Mejia felt that Tchaikovsky's 30-minute overture embodies the essence of the play.

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As Juliet turns on her bedroom light, the odylic moment is underlined by some light tracery on a flute ... scherzetto and orchestral scherzo from Berlioz' "dramatic symphony" Romeo and Juliet ...