Symphonic Dances from West Side Story LEONARD BERNSTEIN BORN: August 25, 1918. Lawrence, Massachusetts DIED: October 14, 1990. New York City The San Francisco Symphony is during the 2017-18 season. COMPOSED: The musical West Side Story was composed principally from autumn 1955 through summer 1957, and Bernstein assembled portions of the score into the Symphonic Dances in early 1961, overseeing the orchestration for this version as it was carried out by Sid Ramin and Irwin Kostal. The Symphonic Dances are dedicated “To Sid Ramin, in friendship” WORLD PREMIERE: The musical was premiered on August 19, 1957, at the National Theatre in Washington, DC; the Symphonic Dances were first performed on February 13, 1961, with Lukas Foss conducting the New York Philharmonic at Carnegie Hall, in a pension fund gala concert titled “A Valentine for Leonard Bernstein” SFS PERFORMANCES: FIRST—May 1971. Seiji Ozawa conducted.

He makes his subscription series debut leading the CSO in Bernstein's much loved Symphonic Dances from West Side Story. Program Notes Seating Charts. ASO Program Notes Symphonic Dances from West Side Story Leonard Bernstein (1918 - 1990) Leonard Bernstein was well trained, having studied composition at Harvard. Listen to songs from the album Bernstein: Candide Overture; Symphonic Dances from West Side Story; Symphonic Suite from the Film On The Waterfront; Fancy Free Ballet.

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Messengerlog Pro 6.36 + Crack. Overture to The Magic Flute Wolfgang Amadeus Mozart (1756-1791) This piece was performed at the Melrose Symphony’s first concert on December 10, 1918. During the last months of Mozart’s short life, he received several major commissions: a mysterious, anonymous request to compose a Requiem, and another to compose an Italian opera for the upcoming coronation of Leopold II as King of Bohemia. And in a very different genre, he was commissioned to write a Singspiel (a German musical drama now known as opera which includes spoken dialogue as well as various forms of music) which was to become The Magic Flute. In the opera, the Queen of the Night persuades Prince Tamino to rescue her daughter Pamina from captivity by the high priest Sarastro; Tamino learns the high ideals of Sarastro’s community and seeks to join it. Separately, then together, Tamino instead and Pamina undergo severe trials of initiation, which end in triumph, with the Queen and her cohorts vanquished. The earthy Papageno, who accompanies Tamino on his quest, fails the trials but is rewarded anyway with the hand of his ideal female companion Papagena.

The libretto, or words, of the opera were written by Emanuel Schikaneder and have been both praised and criticized. Although enigmatic, the story continues to charm audiences after more than two centuries. There is a clear struggle between light and dark, day and night, and the refined Sarastro and the evil Queen of the Night. During the course of the opera, which side is right changes between the first and second act.

The work has also been described as an allegory of Mozart’s Masonic beliefs. The Overture begins with three chords, a direct tribute to three Masonic themes.. The Great Lights of Masonry are the Holy Bible (Sacred Law), the Square (honesty) and the Compass (skill and knowledge) as seen in many of their ancient crafts. In the opera, Mozart uses three ladies, three boys, three slaves and the masonic key of three flats. Other masonic symbolism includes the notion of brotherhood, the ritual trials by fire and water, the child of nature (Papageno), and the invocation of the Egyptian gods. Mozart completed the opera just months before his death. He saw it successfully staged, but never came to know how lasting and important the work would become.

The first performance took place on September 30, 1791 at Schikaneder’s Theater in Vienna with Mozart conducting. It was a triumphant success and received a little over 100 performances in the first year. After Mozart’s death the opera received over 200 performances and became popular throughout the world.