Archived event
Performance details
Thursday 18 July 2024 at 7.30pm
Saturday 20 July 2024 at 7.30pm
Arts Centre Melbourne Hamer Hall
Featuring
Melbourne Symphony Orchestra
Jaime Martín conductor
Program
Tchaikovsky The Tempest*
Tchaikovsky Romeo and Juliet Fantasy Overture
Prokofiev Suite from Romeo and Juliet
About this performance
Experience vivid musical portrayals of Shakespearean love stories, including Tchaikovsky's stormy symphonic poem The Tempest, and two depiction's of literature's most famous star crossed lovers, conducted by Jaime Martín.
- Tchaikovsky wrote several symphonic poems based on Shakespeare's plays, with various themes depicting different characters and moments in the plot. The famous ‘love theme’ from Romeo and Juliet is ingrained in the memories of millennials everywhere as the ‘kiss’ in video game The Sims.
- Sergei Prokofiev's score for Romeo and Juliet – written for the famous Mariinsky Theatre – is some of his best known and loved. His music perfectly depicts the romance and tragedy of history's most famous love story.
Duration: approx. 2 hours including interval
*Due to illness, Christian Li is unable to perform Paganini's Violin Concerto as originally scheduled and with regret has withdrawn from this performance.
