Closing Night: Scheherazade

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Single Tickets go on sale August 3rd starting at $20. Subscriptions on sale now! Gonzalo Farias, conductor Gabriela Martinez, piano Shakespeare (1597) struck a chord of tragedy that resonated with the 28-year-old Tchaikovsky, who in a 23-minute tone poem in sonata form set the hatred of the Montagues and Capulets in contrast to the rapturous love between Romeo and Juliet. Venezuelan pianist Gabriela Martinez joins us for Rachmaninoff’s 24 rapid-fire variations on a theme from violinist Niccolò Paganini (1782-1840), whose name is synonymous with “virtuoso” and all its excesses. Nikolai Rimsky-Korsakov based his Scheherazade on the Arabic collection of fairy tales The Thousand and One Nights, the movements of the piece are intended to work together to tell the story of how Scheherazade is able to postpone her execution and spare her life, ultimately making Sultan Shahrhiar fall in love with her.