Pacific Symphony presents Prokofiev’s “Romeo & Juliet”
Relive the timeless tale of star-crossed lovers through Prokofiev’s masterful music. Here actors and dancers reinstate Prokofiev’s original happy ending which was banned by Joseph Stalin in favor of Shakespeare’s tragic finale. But first, the principal violinists of Pacific Symphony ignite Vivaldi’s Concerto for Four Violins and Principal Cellist Timothy Landauer breathes passion into Tchaikovsky’s Rococo Variations. Carl St.Clair, conductor
Joseph Horowitz, artistic adviser
Timothy Landauer, cello
Raymond Kobler, violin
Paul Manaster, violin
Jeanne Skrocki, violin
Bridget Dolkas, violin
Rich Wordes and Amy Hitchcock, actors
David Tai Kim and Keira Schwartz, dancers
Lorin Johnson, choreographer
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Vivaldi: Concerto for Four Violins
Tchaikovsky: Rococo Variations
Prokofiev: “Romeo and Juliet”