Name: Stravinsky And Tan Dun
Start: 2024-05-18T00:00:00.000Z
End: 2024-05-19T00:00:00.000Z
Location: The Music Center at Strathmore

Admin

Baltimore Symphony Orchestra

Conductor

Tan Dun

Orchestra

Stravinsky And Tan Dun

Baltimore

United States

Joseph Meyerhoff Symphony Hall

North Bethesda

The Music Center at Strathmore

Public

Concert

Fireworks, op. 4

Five Muses Of Dunhuang

The Nightingale

Passacaglia: Secret of Wind and Birds

Saurav Kumar

Approved

Writing music that straddles Chinese and Western traditions, Tan Dun  is a boundary-breaking artist of limitless imagination and inclusivity,  conjuring a soundscape that makes use of everything from ancient relics to smartphones. This first American performance of Five Muses of Dunhuang brings to life forgotten instruments painted centuries ago on devotional murals in Chinese caves. As a conductor, Tan has unique insights into another perceptive witness and recreator of human ritual, Stravinsky, especially in this rarely heard transcription from a Chinese-themed opera. Stravinsky, with his keen ear for real-life rituals, leans into the real splashy Fireworks and Chinese-themed opera transcription.

English

Performance credits (Cast & Crew )

Ensemble