Guerrero's Last Season Continues:
A Celebration to Remember: Nashville Symphony Captures Tchaikovsky’s Magic
I was lucky enough to attend the Nashville Symphony’s performance entitled “Tchaikovsky’s Celebration” at the Schermerhorn Symphony Center on Thursday, April 24th. The show was conducted by resident music director, Giancarlo Guerrero and featured guest soloists Oliver Herbert on cello and Tony Siqi Yun on the piano. The program featured a selection of some of Pyotr Ilyich Tchaikovsky’s most memorable compositions, highlighting his unique style that mixed Western European fundamentals with Russian musical traditions. While most people may think of the Nutcracker or Swan Lake when asked to name Tchaikovsky’s most iconic work, Romeo and Juliet Overture-Fantasy may just be his most ubiquitous composition. It’s been featured in Wayne’s World, Sesame Street, The Fresh Prince of Bel-Air, South Park, The Simpsons, The Sims, and the list goes on and on. So how did Nashville’s performance stack up against the many examples from contemporary pop culture? They blew them out of the water. Guerrero’s interpretation really highlighted the juxtaposition of the piece’s beautiful, swelling melodies with its grandiose, crashing themes. The overture opens with a delicate theme in the woodwinds before transitioning to a more tumultuous section that crashes back and forth between different sections of the orchestra. Powerful brass andRead More
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