Awadagin Pratt + Rimsky-Korsakov’s Scheherazade
Schedule
Thu Jul 25 2024 at 07:30 pm
UTC-06:00Location
Chautauqua Auditorium | Boulder, CO
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Celebrated pianist Awadagin Pratt makes his Festival debut with music old and new, beginning with Bach’s nimble Keyboard Concerto in A major. Pratt then performs a piece he commissioned from lauded composer Jessie Montgomery; her Rounds is inspired by an epic poem by T.S. Eliot and the opposing forces that appear in nature — “action and reaction, dark and light, stagnant and swift.” In Eastern folklore, the princess Scheherazade told the cruel Sultan 1,001 stories in order to save her own life; Rimsky-Korsakov borrows Scheherazade’s tales of royalty, festivals, sea voyages, and more in his richly orchestrated fantasy.
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Where is it happening?
Chautauqua Auditorium, 100 Morning Glory Dr, Boulder, CO 80302, United States,Boulder, ColoradoEvent Location & Nearby Stays:
