Poetry of Music with Video Links

Music and poetry share expressive qualities that will be explored in the November 7 concert, at 7:30 p.m. in the Heritage Center. Concert information: article and guest bios

Ticket link: Heritage Theater ticket link

Preview the music. Click on purple links for videos.

The elegant Romance by Bruch will feature Ling Yu as guest soloist. It is a musical poem featuring the lush tones of the viola. Hear the Romance

Symphonic Poems create the mood and in this case a scene of a mountain climb. OSU will perform the first of Liszt's majestic symphonic poems, Ce qu'on entend sur la montagne (Mountain Symphony) Link to preview music

Prokoviev wrote ballet music for the Romeo and Juliet story based on Shakespeare's play. We will be playing selections from the Suites below.
Link for complete ballet with dancers.
Suite No. 1 for Romeo and Juliet with orchestra and score
00:00 - I. Folk Dance 04:19 - II. Scene 05:50 - III. Madrigal 09:42 - IV. Minuet 13:01 - V. Masks 15:27 - VI. Romeo and Juliet 23:51 - VII. Death of Tybalt
Link for Suite No. 2 from Romeo and Juliet with orchestra and score
1. Monagues and Capulets (Andante - Allegro pesante) 00:00 2. Juliet and nurse (Vivace) 06:11 3. Romeo at Friar Lawrence (Andante espressivo)  10:16
4. Dance of the Five Couples (Vivo) 12:34 5. Romeo at Juliet's before Departing 14:42 6 Dance of the Antilles Girls (Andante con eleganza) 22:41 7.Romeo at Juliet's grave (Adagio funebre) 24:52

Tara's Theme is from the classic movie Gone with the Wind.  This link has images from the movie with the orchestral tone poem written by Steiner.  Tara's Theme link

Other famous symphonic poems to explore:

Rimsky-Korsakov Symphonic Poems including Sadko and Spanish Caprice

10 Favorite Symphonic Poems (all ten or pick and choose below)

10. R. Strauss, Don Juan Philadelphia Orchestra/Wolfgang Sawallisch, Conductor https://youtu.be/KP89c9KfetA 9. Liszt, Mazeppa/ Israel Philharmonic Orchestra/Zubin Mehta, Conductor https://youtu.be/kICGiPcgikk 8. Wagner, Siegfried Idyll BBC Scottish Symphony Orchestra/Donald Runnicles, Conductor https://youtu.be/ds7sikMNoCk 7. Rachmaninoff, Isle of the Dead Russian National Orchestra/Mikhail Pletnev, Conductor https://youtu.be/WJyQOpxqppg 6. Mendelssohn, The Hebrides (Fingal's Cave) London Symphony Orchestra/Sir John Eliot Gardiner, Conductor https://youtu.be/MdQyN7MYSN8 5. Debussy, Prelude to the Afternoon of a Faun London Symphony Orchestra/François-Xavier Roth, Conductor https://youtu.be/jlLoXvamfZw 4. Tchaikovsky, Romeo and Juliet London Symphony Orchestra/Valery Gergiev, Conductor https://youtu.be/Cxj8vSS2ELU 3. Sibelius, Finlandia Finnish Radio Symphony Orchestra/Jukka-Pekka Saraste, Conductor https://youtu.be/qOSaT6U4e-8 2. Saint-Saëns, Danse Macabre Marcin Józef Żebrowski Music School Symphony Orchestra/Zygmunt Nitkiewicz, Conductor https://youtu.be/ytpqcJ1IfoA 1. Smetana, Vltava (The Moldau) from "Má vlast" Gimnazija Kranj Symphony Orchestra/Nejc Avbelj, Conductor https://youtu.be/l6kqu2mk-Kw