Émigré: Prokofiev Romeo & Juliet
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Friday November 21, 2008
at
7:30pm
Category:
Music
Barbican Hall
PROKOFIEV: Romeo and Juliet (complete score)
Valery Gergiev conductor
London Symphony Orchestra
Tickets: £7 - £32
In Prokofiev’s setting of Shakespeare’s romantic tragedy (first staged as a ballet in 1940), the turbulent melodies have a visceral force. His score sets Romeo and Juliet’s intimate love scenes against a public life marked by vicious brawls and intimidating family demands. Although the composer was forced to rewrite his original plan which rescued the young lovers from death, this hauntingly romantic music casts dark shadows – it doesn’t sound like it believes in happy endings.
PROKOFIEV: Romeo and Juliet (complete score)
Valery Gergiev conductor
London Symphony Orchestra
Tickets: £7 - £32
In Prokofiev’s setting of Shakespeare’s romantic tragedy (first staged as a ballet in 1940), the turbulent melodies have a visceral force. His score sets Romeo and Juliet’s intimate love scenes against a public life marked by vicious brawls and intimidating family demands. Although the composer was forced to rewrite his original plan which rescued the young lovers from death, this hauntingly romantic music casts dark shadows – it doesn’t sound like it believes in happy endings.
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