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Martinů, Stravinsky, Thomas and Tchaikovsky
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  October 15, 2009 8:00 PM
  October 16, 2009 1:30 PM
  October 17, 2009 8:00 PM
  October 20, 2009 8:00 PM
[Ludovic Morlot]
Boston Symphony Orchestra
October 20, 2009 8:00 PM
Symphony Hall
Boston, Massachusetts
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Featured Artists
[Ludovic Morlot]
Ludovic Morlot
conductor
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[Peter Serkin]
Peter Serkin
piano
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Program  Notes   Audio 
MARTINŮ
 The Frescoes of Piero della Francesca
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STRAVINSKY
 Capriccio for piano and orchestra
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THOMAS
Helios Choros II (Sun God Dancers) (American premiere; BSO co-commission)
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TCHAIKOVSKY
 Francesca da Rimini
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The Pre-Concert Talk will be given by Robert Kirzinger, Assistant Director of Program Publications, Editorial, from 6:45PM - 7:15PM at Symphony Hall. Free to performance ticket holders. Pre-Concert Talks are supported by New England Coffee.

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About the Music


Audio Concert Preview by Richard Dyer, narrated by Eleanor McGourty.
Former BSO assistant conductor Ludovic Morlot, now widely acclaimed as a guest conductor, brings a fascinatingly diverse program in his return to Symphony Hall. He leads the BSO in the American premiere of Augusta Read Thomas's vibrant Helios Choros II (Sun God Dancers). Thomas was composer in- residence with the Chicago Symphony Orchestra for many years and also has strong ties to the BSO and Tanglewood. Helios Choros II, the central panel of an orchestral triptych, was co-commissioned by the BSO and the London Symphony Orchestra; the LSO gave the premiere in December 2008. Peter Serkin is soloist in Stravinsky's sparkling Capriccio, a 1929 piece given its American premiere by the BSO under Koussevitzky in 1930. The Frescoes of Piero della Francesca, inspired by the great Italian Renaissance artist, is one of several Bohuslav Martinů works on BSO concerts this season, commemorating the 50th anniversary of the Czech composer's death. Tchaikovsky's fervent "symphonic fantasia" Francesca da Rimini is a programmatic piece based on a passage from Dante's Inferno.
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