SLAVIC SPLENDOR FEATURING CELLIST BION TSANG

Available On Demand thru February 23 | Virtual Concert

Your Austin Symphony Orchestra presents Slavic Splendor, an amazing night of music featuring works by Pyotr Ilyich Tchaikovsky, Sergei Prokofiev, Igor Stravinsky, Antonín Dvořák and Modest Mussorgsky.

This virtual evening begins with Dvořák's Serenade for Winds, Cello and Bass in D Minor. "The work is dedicated to the music critic and composer Louis Ehlert who praised the Slavonic Dances highly in the German press."

Next will be Tchaikovsky's Variations on a Rococo Theme, Op. 33 performed by internationally renowned and local cellist Bion Tsang ("an artist who guarantees the future of our music" The Los Angeles Times). After intermission, the ASO will perform Mussorgy's Khovanshchina: Introduction (Dawn on the Moskva River) from his 5 act opera.

Your ASO will then perform Stravinsky's delightful Suite No. 2 for small orchestra which he wrote for his children, Theodore and Mika.

The evening will conclude with Prokofiev's Symphony No. 1, Op. 25, Classical. "The symphony is composed in a style based on that of Joseph Haydn, but does not follow Haydn strictly (for example, its use of modulation is much freer), and it does not contain any quotations from Haydn. Thus it can be considered to be one of the first neoclassical compositions. The work was partly inspired by his conducting studies at the Saint Petersburg Conservatory, where the instructor, Nikolai Tcherepnin, taught his students about conducting Haydn, among other composers. Prokofiev wrote the symphony on holiday in the country, using it as an exercise in composing away from the piano."

Don't miss this amazing concert from the comfort and safety of your own home!

This virtual performance will be available January 30 - February 23, 2021.

PROGRAM:

ANTONIN DVOŘÁK Serenade for Winds, Cello and Bass in d minor, B. 77
PYOTR ILYICH TCHAIKOVSKY Variations on a Rococo Theme, Op. 33
MODEST MUSSORGSKY Khovantchina: Introduction (Dawn on the Moskva River)
IGOR STRAVINSKY Suite No. 2 for Small Orchestra
SERGEI PROKOFIEV Symphony No. 1, Op. 25, Classical

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Event Details

Date: January 30-February 23, 2021
Time: On Demand
Website: https://my.austinsymphony.org/slavicsplendor

Ticket Information

Cost: $50.00 per household

Presenter Details

Name: Austin Symphony Orchestra

Founded in 1911, the Austin Symphony Orchestra is Austin’s oldest performing arts group. The ASO offers a complete season of musical and educational programming. Masterworks concerts include a series of eight concert pairs running monthly September through May in the state-of-the-art Joe R. & Teresa Lozano Long Center for the Performing Arts. Our season also features the Sarah & Ernest Butler Pops Series: October & February Pops at the Long Center and December & June Pops at Palmer Events Center. Programming for the entire family includes the Halloween Children’s Concert, and the Christmas in the Community, as well as the popular James C. Armstrong Youth Educations Programs, which include Children’s Day Art Park, Young People’s Concerts, High School Concert Tour and a variety of other school programs.

Acknowledging that there is no way to be certain that large concert halls will be safe by fall for patrons, musicians and staff, the Austin Symphony announced that its concerts now scheduled from September though December will be presented virtually.

Some concerts — such as Handel’s ‘Messiah’ and other big pieces — have been moved to January and beyond. Meanwhile, starting at the end of December, audience members will have the options of returning to the Long Center for the Performing Arts or continuing with online performances.