Name: Stravinsky Firebird Suite
Start: 2024-02-03T00:00:00.000Z
End: 2024-02-04T00:00:00.000Z
Location: Ohio Theatre

Organization

Conductor

Rossen Milanov

Singer

Steven Banks

Saxophone

Orchestra

Columbus Symphony

Others

The Worship and Praise Chorale

Selection of Spirituals for Choir and Orchestra

Stravinsky Firebird Suite

Columbus

United States

Ohio Theatre

Stravinsky Firebird Suite: The Firebird Suite (1919) Stravinsky (+2 More)

Public

The Firebird Suite (1919)

Saxophone Concerto

Negro Folk Symphony

Approved

Igor Stravinsky was commissioned to write The Firebird early in his career by Sergei Diaghilev, famed director of the Ballets Russes in Paris. Inspired by folklore, this suite from the ballet takes the listener through a dramatic and fantastical journey.

Classical saxophonist Steven Banks, winner of the prestigious 2022 Avery Fisher Career Grant, performs Henri Tomasi’s lyrical Concerto pour saxophone alto et orchestra. Tomasi’s expressive style reflects the influences of Impressionism.

William Dawson’s Negro Folk Symphony was premiered to great acclaim in 1934 by Leopold Stokowski and the Philadelphia Orchestra, but was the only symphony that Dawson would write. Based on spirituals, this sophisticated work has been recorded several times and has experienced a recent resurgence befitting Dawson’s talent and skill.

English

Performance credits (Cast & Crew )

Ensemble