Best of Klassik: Romeo und Julia | Kurzkonzert

In the organizer's words:

Almost everyone knows "Romeo and Juliet". No wonder, as Shakespeare's famous love drama has been "translated" many times over the centuries into other art forms: from musicals to opera to pure orchestral music. The Russian composer Sergei Prokofiev achieved this in a particularly outstanding way with his ballet music. After a brief initial failure, it is now regarded as one of the best settings of the story ever. This is clearly due to its quality! Not only ballet lovers, but also the concert audience could hardly get enough of it - on the one hand of the tenderly melting melodies and on the other of the dynamic dances, sometimes ludicrously virtuosic, sometimes rousing with their powerful rhythms.
At the beginning of the concert, Malte Arkona briefly introduces the piece, and afterwards he talks to the evening's artists in the After Concert Talk about what makes "Romeo and Juliet" so exciting for them.

Program

Sergei Prokofiev
Suite from the ballet "Romeo and Juliet"

Performers

Emmanuel Tjeknavorian | Conductor

Malte Arkona | Moderation

Dresden Philharmonic Orchestra