Save the Date for Midori Serenade - Denver!

Music Lives Here!

MIDORI SERENADE

Michael Stern, conductor

Midori, violin

Kathie and Michael Massey

Memorial Concert

NATIONAL REPERTORY ORCHESTRA

Photo: NIgel Parryz

NATIONAL REPERTORY ORCHESTRA

Music Lives Here!

MIDORI SERENADE

SAVE THE DATE | SUNDAY | JULY 23 | 2023 | 3:00 PM

JUNE SWANER GATES CONCERT HALL

The Robert and Judi Newman Center for the Performing Arts

2344 East Iliff Avenue | Denver, CO

Reserve your patron or corporate sponsorship today!

Each opportunity includes premier concert seating with complimentary parking, sponsor reception(s), and program book and reception recognition.

Tickets will be available through the Newman Center Box Office in April starting at $5 up to $85 each.

Please visit NROmusic.org for sponsorship or other information.

Michael Stern, conductor Midori, violin Kathie and Michael Massey Memorial Concert MICHAEL STERN, MUSIC DIRECTOR Photo: Jennifer Taylor

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Save the Date for Midori Serenade - Denver!

Published on Apr 5, 2023

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A stellar program with one of the world’s great violin stars awaits you! Maestro Stern and the NRO welcome Midori to the stage for Leonard Bernstein’s singular Serenade (After Plato’s Symposium). Composed for and premiered by the eminent violinist Isaac Stern, Serenade represents the intersection of Bernstein’s deep literary interests and musical impulses. Inspired by Plato’s Symposium, an exploration of the nature and purpose of love, Bernstein crafted his concerto with great care and, much like the Greek dialog of its origin, a generous degree of wit. A tremendously thoughtful violinist, Midori will bring her great talent to bear on this mid-century masterpiece. The dark side of love comes to the forefront as Medea’s Dance of Vengeance vividly depicts the twisted fury of love discarded. Derived from his ballet score for Martha Graham, Samuel Barber based the work on the classic Greek tale of Medea exacting bitter revenge. Skillfully set, Barber’s music evokes Medea’s intense rage at her betrayal and col

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