Dances of Death: October 8
With the Symphonic Dances, Sergei Rachmaninov created his final statement, a summary of his life and obsessions, quoting some of the music that meant the most to him: the blazing light of the “Alleluias” from his All-Night Vigil, and the fateful “Dies Irae” melody that had haunted him throughout his career. The “Dies Irae” is also the subject of a major new work for chorus, baritone and orchestra by Harmonia music director William White, receiving its world premiere on this macabre program.
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Join Harmonia as we delve into the artistic testaments of history’s most original composers. In works as varied as Gustav Holst’s The Planets, Antonín Dvořák’s Te Deum and George Frideric Handel’s Israel in Egypt, we will explore these musical statements on life’s grandest themes — from love to death to the universe itself.
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