Kindred Spirits: A Night at the Opera

This page is also available in / Cette page est également disponible en: English (Anglais)

#_EVENTTYPES placeholder matched

#_EVENTCLASSIFICATIONS placeholder matched

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.

Artistes de l'évènement

Kindred Spirits: A Night at the Opera

Date/Heure

samedi, 8 mars 2025
20:00 - 22:00

Lieu

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

Prix

$

Numéro de téléphone

905-604-8339

Site Web

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

Facebook

Catégories

• Classical

Types

Classification de l'ensemble/soliste

This page is also available in / Cette page est également disponible en: English (Anglais)