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This Pick of the Week features the 2021 virtual performance of "A Fiddler's Tale."
Anthony McGill, clarinet | Ian Morin, bassoon
Billy Hunter, trumpet/cornet | Weston Sprott, trombone
Jauvon Gilliam, percussion
Tai Murray, violin | Xavier Foley, contrabass
Nic Few, narrator
Damien Sneed, piano and conductor
Igor Stravinsky's iconic work L’Histoire du soldat is based on the eternal story of a young man who sells his soul to the devil, achieving fame and fortune, but losing everything when the devil calls in the debt. Wynton Marsalis' A Fiddler's Tale retains the outline of Stravinsky's scenario, but updates the action to the present for a parable involving the devil, corruption and the concept of shame. This program brings together a wonderful lineup of leading musicians including members of the Metropolitan Opera Orchestra, New York Philharmonic, and National Symphony Orchestra.
Presented in cooperation with the Morgan Library and Museum.
Program:
ELLEN TAAFFE ZWILICH
Romance for violin and piano
IGOR STRAVINSKY
L’Histoire du soldat (Suite)
WYNTON MARSALIS
A Fiddler’s Tale
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