French Classics
March 17, 2012 I 7:00 PM I Trinity Episcopal Church
March 18, 2012 I 3:00 PM I Holy Trinity Episcopal Academy Auditorium, Melbourne
Jennifer Royals, clarinet
Hector Berlioz I Roman Carnival Overture
Georges Bizet I Carmen Suite No. 1
Jacques Offenbach I Overture to 'Orpheus in the Underworld'
Claude Debussy I Rhapsody for Clarinet and Orchestra
Georges Bizet I Carmen Suite No. 2
The Space Coast Symphony Orchestra present a variety of French Classics in this exciting program. The concert opens up with Berlioz’s rousing Roman Carnival Overture. The music of the overture opens with a brief English horn solo. Much of the rest of the work is taken up with the whirling saltarello dance and fragments of the aria. The entire score has the daring and brilliant orchestration that concertgoers correlate with Berlioz. Clarinetist Jennifer Royals performs Debussy’s lovely and intoxicating Rhapsody for Clarinet and Orchestra. Enjoy the stirring sounds of Jacques Offenbach’s Overture to Orpheus in the Underworld which features the famous Can-Can. Completing the program are the popular suites from Bizet’s Carmen.
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