Kindred Spirits: A Night at the Opera

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Bizet’s second Carmen Suite includes several well-known tunes from the eponymous opera, including the Habanera, with its characteristic snaking chromatic lines representing Carmen’s seductive wiles, and the rousing Toreador song. Heng-Han Hou then performs Bartók’s Concerto for Violin and Orchestra No. 1. This work, relatively early in Bartok’s career, is more traditional than his later works, employing a two-movement rhapsodic form of a slow section followed by a fast one—similar to the Cabaletta form used in classical opera. Of Bruckner’s Sixth Symphony, Robert Simpson remarks that “its themes are exceptionally beautiful…its instrumentation is the most imaginative [Bruckner] had yet achieved, and it possesses a mastery of classical form that might even have impressed Brahms.” Typically Brucknerian, the symphony features a driving “Bruckner Rhythm” consisting of two quarter notes followed by a triplet, and an extensive use of harmonic ambiguity to quickly slide between different key areas.

Event Artists

Kristian Alexander | conductor Heng-Han Hou | violinist Daniel Vnukowski | host

Kindred Spirits: A Night at the Opera

Date/Time
Saturday, March 8, 2025
8:00 pm - 10:00 pm

Location
Meridian Arts Centre – George Weston Recital Hall
5040 Yonge St
Toronto, ON
Canada,

Price
$

Phone
905-604-8339

Website
https://ksorchestra.ca/2024-2025-season/a-night-at-the-opera/

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