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FIREBIRD
February 11 - 13, 2022
FIREBIRD

HARTFORD SYMPHONY ORCHESTRA
Carolyn Kuan, music director


FIREBIRD

Friday, February 11, 2022 / 8:00 p.m.
Saturday, February 12, 2022 / 8:00 p.m.
Sunday, February 13, 2022 / 3:00 p.m.

Belding Theater, The Bushnell Center
for the Performing Arts

CAROLYN KUAN, conductor
SIRENA HUANG, violin


GEORGES BIZET
(1838-1875) 

 

Selections from Carmen

Prelude to Act I
Aragonaise (Prelude to Act IV)
Intermezzo (Prelude to Act III)
Seguidilla (Act I)
The Dragoons of Alcala (Prelude to Act II)
Habanera (Act I)
Nocturne (Micaëla’s Aria from Act III)
Song of the Toreador (Act II)
Danse Bohême (Act II)

HE ZHANHAO / CHEN GANG
(b. 1933 / b. 1935)

 

The Butterfly Lovers

Concerto for Violin and Orchestra

∼ INTERMISSION∼

IGOR STRAVINSKY
(1882-1971)

 

Suite from The Firebird (1919 Version)

Introduction — The Dance of the Firebird
Round Dance of the Princesses
Infernal Dance of the King Kashchei
Berceuse — Final


The post of Music Director is endowed by The Beatrice Fox Auerbach Foundation.

Cameras and recording equipment are not permitted during the performance.

As a courtesy to the performers and other audience members, please turn off watch alarms and cell phones.

The Hartford Symphony Orchestra receives major support from the Greater Hartford Arts Council, the Hartford Foundation for Public Giving, and with support from the Department of Economic and Community Development, Connecticut Office of the Arts which also receives support from the National Endowment for the Arts, a federal agency.


The 2021-22 Masterworks Series is presented by

The 2021-22 Masterworks Series is also sponsored by
The Elizabeth M. and Harriette M. Landon Foundation 

This concert is sponsored by
 The Alexander Campbell McNally and Tina Mahar McNally Memorial Concert 

 

Artist Biography
SIRENA HUANG
Violin