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MUSIC- New Mexico Symphony Orchestra: Wagner and Tchaikovsky

Posted on Nov 21st, 2008

Saturday, November 22, 2008

Performers
Guillermo Figueroa, Conductor
David Schepps, Cello

Program
Wagner: Rienzi Overture
Bloch: Schelomo (Hebraic Rhapsody)
Tchaikovsky: Francesca da Rimini

Rienzi reveals Wagner's brilliant, roof-raising efforts in composing a fashionable "Parisian" opera. In Bloch's inspired masterpiece, the biblical tale is brought to life in sumptuous colors, the cello acting as the title character. Love, marriage, adultery and a descent into Hell are the dramatic ingredients of Tchaikovsky's sweeping symphonic fantasy.



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