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Ravel & Debussy
November 10-12, 2023
Ravel & Debussy

HARTFORD SYMPHONY ORCHESTRA
Carolyn Kuan, Music Director


RAVEL & DEBUSSY

Friday, November 10, 2023 / 8:00 p.m.
Saturday, November 11, 2023 / 8:00 p.m.
Sunday, November 12, 2023 / 3:00 p.m.
Belding Theater, The Bushnell Center for the Performing Arts


CAROLYN KUAN, conductor
CY LEO, harmonica


CLAUDE DEBUSSY
(1862-1918)   
  Prélude à “L’Après-midi d’un faune”
(Prelude to “The Afternoon of a Faun”)
     
HUANG RUO
(b. 1976)
  Folk Songs for Orchestra
   
Flower Drum Song from Feng Yang
   Love Song from Kang Ding
   Little Blue Flower
   The Girl from Daban City
     
MICHAEL SPIVAKOVSKY
(1906-1998)
  Harmonica Concerto
   
Fuocoso — Dance Drôle
   Romance: Andante, dolce
   Scherzo: Allegro ma non troppo
     

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MAURICE RAVEL
(1875-1937)

 

Ma Mère l’Oye (“Mother Goose”), Ballet in One Act
   Prelude — Spinning Wheel Dance
   Pavane of the Sleeping Beauty — Interlude
   Conversations of Beauty and the Beast — Interlude
   Hop o’ My Thumb — Interlude
   Laideronnette, Empress of the Pagodas — Interlude
   Apotheosis: The Fairy Garden


The 2023-24 Masterworks Series
is presented by

The 2023-2024 Masterworks Series
is also sponsored by
The Elizabeth M. and
Harriette M. Landon Foundation

This concert is also sponsored by

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

 

We kindly request that you refrain from using flash photography and video recording during the performance, however we encourage you take photos and share them on your favorite social media platforms- be sure to tag us so we can join in on the excitement!

 

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. 

About the Artists