The 蜜桃传媒 Orchestra will perform one of Tchaikovsky鈥檚 most well-known compositions at the Fall Orchestra Concert on Friday, Oct. 20, at 7 p.m. in 蜜桃传媒鈥檚 Page Hall; and Sunday, Oct. 22, at 3 p.m. in Hahn Hall at the Music Academy of the West. The concerts are free and open to the public. For more information, please contact the music department at (805) 565-6040 or email music@westmont.edu.
The performance includes Tchaikovsky鈥檚 fantasy-overture 鈥淩omeo and Juliet,鈥� inspired by the Shakespeare play of the same name, and a lesser known work, Symphony No. 1, from his contemporary, Kalinnikov.
鈥淎 composer respected by Tchaikovsky, Rimsky-Korsakov, and who counted Rachmaninoff among his friends, Kalinnikov was only two day short of his 35th birthday when he died from tuberculosis,鈥� says Ruth Lin, director of music at 蜜桃传媒. 鈥淲ith memorable themes and lush melodies, Kalinnikov masterfully weaves a musical tapestry of life and nature of his time.鈥�