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CARNEGIE HALL OPENING NIGHT 2002 premiered on October 16, 2002 on PBS (check local listings).
One of the world's foremost concert venues, Carnegie Hall continues its tradition of glittering opening nights with a program devoted to music inspired by Spain in the works of Manuel de Falla and Maurice Ravel. With Peter Jennings anchoring this year's gala, virtuoso pianist and world-renowned conductor Daniel Barenboim leads the preeminent Chicago Symphony Orchestra in Falla's "Danza del molinero" ("Miller's Dance") from "El sombrero de tres picos" ("The Three-Cornered Hat"), before adjourning to the piano as soloist in the evocative "Noches en los jardines de España" ("Nights in the Gardens of Spain"). Also featured are some of Ravel's most popular works, performed as four movements of a traditional symphony. Included are the lively "Rapsodie espagnole" and "Alborada del gracioso," with their stirring Spanish dance rhythms, and the elegiac "Pavane pour une infante défunte" ("Pavane for a Dead Princess"). Finally, the relentless crescendo of the mesmerizing orchestral showcase "Boléro" provides a show-stopping finale.
In the first of two essays, writer Fred Plotkin profiles the conductor and music director of the Chicago Symphony Orchestra, Daniel Barenboim. In the second essay, he discusses the music featured in the evening's program by composers Manuel de Falla and Maurice Ravel. The complete list of works from the gala is included in song list. Lastly, the Multimedia Presentation offers an in-depth look at the violin.
Special funding for this program was provided by Judith and Burton Resnick, the Philip and Janice Levin Foundation, and Victor and Sono Elmaleh.
Top banner photos: Chicago Symphony Orchestra and conductor Daniel Barenboim. |
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Violinists of the Chicago Symphony Orchestra. |
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Daniel Barenboim, the music director of the Chicago Symphony Orchestra. |
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