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Romance is in the air! Artistic Director Stéphane Denève returns for an emotional concert that explores true love and poetry. Inspired by Shakespeare’s star-crossed lovers, Sergei Prokofiev creates musical fireworks in his portrayal of Romeo and Juliet. Renowned Venezuelan pianist Gabriela Montero returns for what many consider the greatest piano concerto ever written: Rachmaninoff’s momentous Second Concerto. James Lee III conjures the historic indigenous metropolis of Cahokia.

-Program-

Visions of Cahokia (2022)
James Lee III
(b. 1975)
Approx. Duration: 12 minutes
Cahokia's Dawn
Na Yimmi
Chukoshkomo

Concerto No. 2 in C minor for Piano and Orchestra, Op. 18 (1901-02)
Sergei Rachmaninoff
(1873-1943)
Approx. Duration: 32 minutes
Moderato
Adagio sostenuto
Allegro scherzando

Gabriela Montero, piano

Intermission

Suite from Romeo and Juliet (1935-40)
Sergei Prokofiev
(1891-1953)
Approx. Duration: 40 minutes
Montagues and Capulets
Minuet
Juliet the Child
Masks
Montagues and Capulets
Romeo and Juliet
Friar Lawrence
Death of Tybalt
Romeo and Juliet's Tomb
Juliet's Death