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Valentine’s Romance: Star-Crossed Lovers
Feb. 12 & 13 at 7:30 pm | Tennessee Theatre
Program

Tonight’s performance is dedicated to the memory of Sarah Winbigler de Young by her loving family and friends.

Aram Demirjian, conductor

Zlata Cochieva, piano

PETER ILYICH TCHAIKOVSKY (1840-1893)

Romeo and Juliet Overture-Fantasy (1870, rev. 1880)

SERGEI RACHMANINOFF (1873-1943)

Rhapsody on a Theme of Paganini, Opus 43 (1934)

Zlata Cochieva, piano

---Intermission---

SERGEI PROKOFIEV (1891-1953)

Suite from Romeo and Juliet (1935-6, rev. 1946)

Steinway is the Official Piano of the MoxCar Marketing + Communications Masterworks Series

Tonight's concert will be broadcast on WUOT 99.1 FM on March 3 and Aug. 24, 2026

Program Notes

Program notes by Ken Meltzer

Romeo and Juliet Overture-Fantasy (1870, rev. 1880)
Peter Ilyich Tchaikovsky
Rhapsody on a Theme of Paganini, Opus 43 (1934)
Sergei Rachmaninoff
Selections from Romeo and Juliet (1935-6)
Sergei Prokofiev
Love, Fate, and the Music of Romeo and Juliet
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