A suite drawn from Tchaikovsky’s Sleeping Beauty ballet opens the season; this music will likely be most familiar from the Walt Disney film of the same name whose score—including the famous “Once Upon a Dream” song—was adapted from Tchaikovsky’s ballet. Award-winning Canadian cellist Winona Zelenka performs Dvoák’s Concerto for cello and orchestra. Though Dvoák was initially resistant to the idea of writing a cello concerto, as he felt it would not make for a good solo instrument, this work has since become one of the most popular works for cello. A typical three-movement Romantic concerto, the music includes pentatonic melodies similar to those in his famous “New World Symphony,” as well as quotes from one of Dvoák’s own songs as a tribute to his ailing sister-in-law. Concluding the performance is Édouard-Victoire-Antoine Lalo’s final orchestral composition, the Symphony in G minor. The work, a typical romantic-era symphony, features an opening theme that recurs over the course of all four movements, creating a cyclical symphonic form on the largest scale. Kristian Alexander | conductor 7:10 p.m. Prélude: pre-concert recital.
Winona Zelenka | cellist
Daniel Vnukowski | host
7:20 p.m. Pre-concert talk.
Intermission discussion and Q&A with Winona Zelenka and Daniel Vnukowski.
Post-concert reception.
Flato Markham Theatre is at 4981 Highway 7, Unit 1, Markham ON L3R 1N1, Markham, ON.
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KALEIDOSCOPIC SENTIMENTS (2/8/25-2/8/25)
IMPRESSIONS OF THE SEA (12/7/24-12/7/24)
AORUND THE WORLD (2/3/24-2/3/24)
https://ksorchestra.ca/2023-2024-season/the-greatest-show/ (12/9/23-12/9/23)
WAR AND PEACE (10/21/23-10/21/23)
THE SPORT OF MUSIC (2/11/23-2/11/23)
LOCOMOTIVES, BUTTERFLIES AND PUPPETS (12/10/22-12/10/22)
THE FORBIDDEN SYMPHONY (10/22/22-10/22/22)
RACHMANINOFF’S THIRD (2/8/20-2/8/20)
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