Concerts · Fort Worth Symphony Orchestra
Saturday, May 15, 2027 · 7:30 PM
Ravel and a World Premiere
Fort Worth Symphony Orchestra · Bass Performance Hall · Fort Worth, Texas
Program
- Maurice Ravel Mother Goose Suite from Ma mère l'oye
- Christopher Theofanidis Cello Concerto
- Maurice Ravel 8 Valses nobles et sentimentales
- Maurice Ravel Daphnis and Chloe Suite No. 2 from Daphnis et Chloé, Suite No. 2
Artists
- Robert Spano Conductor
- Allan Steele Soloist, Cello
Running time: about 50 min (estimate from the works' usual timings; not every piece has one)
Worth the drive: Ravel's fairy-tale music, first written for two children at one piano, then orchestrated: five short scenes of extraordinary delicacy that suit family and subscription concerts alike. More about Maurice Ravel's Ma mère l'oye →
About this concert
Music director Robert Spano leads the Fort Worth Symphony in three Ravel works—the Mother Goose Suite, Valses nobles et sentimentales, and the Daphnis and Chloe Suite No. 2—alongside the world premiere of Christopher Theofanidis's new cello concerto featuring FWSO principal cellist Allan Steele.
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