Organization

Conductor

Xian Zhang

Instrumentalist

Cellist

Brinton Averil Smith

Cello

Orchestra

Houston Symphony

Classical Series - Romeo and Juliet + Dvořák’s Cello Concerto

Houston

United States

Jones Hall for the Performing Arts

Classical Series - Romeo and Juliet + Dvořák’s Cello Concerto: Northern Star Dorothy Chang (+2 More)

Public

Concert

Northern Star

Cello Concerto in B Minor, op.104

Romeo and Juliet

Anna-Maria Gkouni

Approved

The most famous love story ever written is told through the universal language of music in Prokofiev’s impassioned and romantic Romeo and Juliet. Dorothy Chang’s Northern Star points the way to a world of evocative soundscapes and kaleidoscopic color. And, Principal Cellist Brinton Averil Smith performs one of classical music’s most popular cello concertos—Dvořák poured his soul into it, and it includes some of his most heart-achingly beautiful music.

Composer Connections:
“Why in the world didn’t I know one could write a cello concerto like this? If I’d only known, I’d have done it long ago!” –Composer Johannes Brahms’s reaction to Dvořák’s Cello Concerto

Xian Zhang
conductor

Brinton Averil Smith
cello

English

Classical Series - Romeo and Juliet + Dvořák’s Cello Concerto by Chang, D., Dvořák, Prokofiev, From (2024/2024), Conductor Xian Zhang, Jones Hall for the Performing Arts, Houston, United States

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