Thailand Philharmonic Orchestra will start this month with three works by 19th-century giants -- Beethoven, Schumann and Dvorak, who, though born roughly a generation apart, shaped the Romantic style with unique approaches to form, melody and, perhaps most importantly, musical expression.
Tomas Strasil. Mahidol University's College of Music
Led by honorary founding chief conductor Gudni Emilsson, "Decoding The New World" will be held at Mahidol University's Prince Mahidol Hall, Salaya campus, tomorrow at 7pm and Saturday at 4pm.
The programme will feature the Coriolan Overture Beethoven composed in 1807 based on Heinrich Joseph von Collin's 1804 tragedy Coriolan, about the legendary figure Coriolanus, the Roman general who rebelled against authority.
Joining the orchestra as guest soloist will be award-winning Czech cellist Tomas Strasil, who will return to perform the Cello Concerto In A Minor, Op 129, an admirable three-movement score Schumann composed in 1850. It premiered in 1860, four years after his death.
Also featured will be Czech composer Antonin Dvorak's Symphony No.9, Op 95, From The New World. It was composed and premiered in 1893 in New York, where it was called "the greatest work ever composed in this country" by the press.
This symphonic masterpiece features black spiritual music, syncopated and lively rhythms, and even distant echoes of Native American hymns.
Tickets cost 400, 600, 800, 1,000 and 1,500 baht (half-prices for students under 25 years old) and can be purchased from Thai Ticket Major (visit www.thaiticketmajor.com or call 02-262-3456) or by calling 02-849-6565/6 (ext 6603/4 on weekdays, 6624 and 6626 on concert days).
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