Kindred Spirits Orchestra | Per aspera ad astra
May 11 @ 8:00 pm - 10:00 pm
$30
With conductor, Kristian Alexander, pianist Ludmil Angelov, and host Daniel Vnukowski, the program is varied.
Manuel de Falla’s The Three-cornered Hat suite draws its music from de Falla’s ballet of the same name, which uses harmonic and melodic idioms derived from traditional Andalusian folk music, flamenco style, and the cante jondo, and had sets designed Pablo Picasso. Internationally renowned pianist Ludmil Angelov then performs Frédéric Chopin’s virtuosic Piano Concerto No. 2. Tchaikovsky’s Symphony no. 5 can be heard as a per aspera ad astra narrative: through hardship to the stars. It’s cyclical structure, in which the same motif recurs in all three movements, begins in E minor, and gradually makes its way through a large-scale cycle of subdominants, to E major in the final movement.
There will be a pre-concert recital at 7:15 p.m., and a pre-concert talk at 7:30 p.m.
