Spanish Masters: An Evening of Music and Art

Overview This concert is generously supported by Aaron Howard and Corrie Hood-Howard The ballet The Three-Cornered Hat chronicles a magistrate’s attempt to seduce a miller’s faithful wife with a lightly spiced score of colorful orchestral dances drawn from Andalusian folk music by Spanish composer Manuel de Falla. For this special performance, the Fort Worth Symphony Orchestra has partnered with the Kimbell Art Museum to project exquisite Spanish masterpieces during the concert, which also features Ravel’s Rapsodie espagnole and the incomparable mezzo Kelley O’Connor singing American composer Peter Lieberson’s Neruda Songs, drawn from the poetry of Pablo Neruda. Artwork compliments of The Kimbell Art Museum. Southwestern French or Northern Spanish (?) The Barnabas Altarpiece, c. 1275–1350, Tempera, oil, and gold on panel BACHTALES WITH BUDDY | 1 Hour Before Concert Before each symphonic concert, FWSO Principal Keyboard Buddy Bray offers a pre-concert lecture to dive deeper into the works, their history, and other fun concert-related facts. Bachtales with Buddy is free for all ticket holders. Works RAVEL: Rapsodie espagnole LIEBERSON: Neruda Songs FALLA: The Three-Cornered Hat Featured Artists Robert Spano, conductor Kelly O’Connor, mezzo-soprano Krista Billings, lighting designer