Sergei Prokofiev's first 'official Soviet work,' the ballet Romeo and Juliet, was a presentation of his various stylistic influences, created for the Kirov Theatre in Leningrad in 1934.
Composer's Artistic Vision
Maurice Ravel, like Sergei Prokofiev, initially gained a reputation as an 'enfant terrible' and shared a vision with impresario Sergei Diaghilev that music and dance should reveal emotional underlays rather than merely depict stories.
Composer's Artistic Vision
Elizabeth Ogonek's work, All These Lighted Things, takes its poetic main title from a phrase in a poem by French-American poet Thomas Merton, who was fascinated by natural philosophy.
Performer Biography
Elim Chan has been the principal conductor of the Antwerp Symphony Orchestra since 2019 and was also principal guest conductor with the Royal Scottish National Orchestra from 2018-2023.
Performer Biography
Elim Chan, the principal conductor of the Antwerp Symphony Orchestra, was the first woman to win the Donatella Flick Conducting Competition in 2014.
Recording & Production
This album was recorded in August 2023 at the Queen Elisabeth Hall in Antwerp, Belgium.
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