Commissioned by the Polish Radio for the Composers Forum in 1980, Concerto for harpsichord and string orchestra by Henryk Górecki is a relentless raging tempest in musical form. Choreographed by the ballet impresario Balanchine, Paul Hindemith evokes the basic human moods, sanguine (bright and happy), choleric (quick to anger), melancholic (gloomy and dejected) and phlegmatic (slow moving and apathetic) in his work for piano and strings, The Four Temperaments. Written and performed in 1941-1942, Honegger’s Symphony No. 2 for strings alone (with trumpet ad libitum finale,) depicts the bleak state of mind of not just the composer but of a world caught in war.
Kristian Alexander | conductor
Antonia de Wolfe | pianist
Videos
Re-Imagined: A Theatre Concert
The Rose Studio (The Rose Brampton) (10/18 - 10/18) | ||
Jekyll & Hyde in Concert
Meridian Arts Centre (10/25 - 10/26)
PHOTOS
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Curious George and the Golden Meatball
Curious George and the Golden Meatball (9/21 - 11/10) | ||
GODS AND GRIFFONS
Cornell Recital Hall (3/29 - 3/29) | ||
Make It Reindeer
The Second City (11/14 - 12/31) | ||
IMPRESSIONS OF THE SEA
Flato Markham Theatre (12/7 - 12/7) | ||
Mad Magic: the Funniest Mad Scientist Magician
Wychwood Theatre (10/26 - 10/27) | ||
A Christmas Story, The Musical
Theatre Aquarius (12/4 - 12/21) | ||
Benevolence
Tarragon Theatre (4/8 - 5/4) | ||
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