
Smithsonian Associates: The Exquisite Enigma of Maurice Ravel, Lecture 2 – “I never look back. I do not want to repeat myself.”
https://smithsonianassociates.org/ticketing/programs/maurice-ravel“Music should be the beautiful, fragile wing of the soul. It should enchant, caress, and disturb.” —Maurice Ravel The music of Ravel brings a unique form of magnetism, delicacy, passion, […]

Smithsonian Associates: Georges Bizet and Carmen – A Life in Music, a Legacy in Opera
https://smithsonianassociates.org/ticketing/programs/georges-bizet-and-carmenWhen Georges Bizet died suddenly and tragically at the early age of 36 in 1875, his new opera, Carmen, had just been dubbed a humiliating failure, panned by critics at […]

Smithsonian Associates: Ballet Music – The Soul of Movement, Lecture 1 – From the Ballet de la Nuit to Coppélia: Desperately Seeking Composers
https://smithsonianassociates.org/ticketing/programs/ballet-musicAudiences love the spectacle and the sets, adore the costumes, and thrill to the brilliance and beauty of the choreography and the performers, and above all we are moved and […]

Smithsonian Associates: Ballet Music – The Soul of Movement, Lecture 2 – Tchaikovsky Changes Everything
https://smithsonianassociates.org/ticketing/programs/ballet-musicAudiences love the spectacle and the sets, adore the costumes, and thrill to the brilliance and beauty of the choreography and the performers, and above all we are moved and […]

Smithsonian Associates: Ballet Music – The Soul of Movement, Lecture 3 – Diaghilev, the Dream Weaver
https://smithsonianassociates.org/ticketing/programs/ballet-musicAudiences love the spectacle and the sets, adore the costumes, and thrill to the brilliance and beauty of the choreography and the performers, and above all we are moved and […]

Smithsonian Associates: Ballet Music – The Soul of Movement, Lecture 4 – Ballet’s Diaspora
https://smithsonianassociates.org/ticketing/programs/ballet-musicAudiences love the spectacle and the sets, adore the costumes, and thrill to the brilliance and beauty of the choreography and the performers, and above all we are moved and […]

Smithsonian Associates: Fairy Tales in Classical Music, Lecture 1 – Six of the Scariest
https://smithsonianassociates.org/ticketing/programs/fairy-tales-in-classical-musicEver since early humans began to gather, they attempted to understand the inexplicable universe by telling tales. While composers have frequently enjoyed exploring the macabre and Gothic horror, classical repertory […]

Smithsonian Associates: Fairy Tales in Classical Music, Lecture 2 – Grimm, Perrault, and Andersen: Masters of Enchantment
https://smithsonianassociates.org/ticketing/programs/fairy-tales-in-classical-musicEver since early humans began to gather, they attempted to understand the inexplicable universe by telling tales. While composers have frequently enjoyed exploring the macabre and Gothic horror, classical repertory […]

Smithsonian Associates: Fairy Tales in Classical Music, Lecture 3 – Faeries, Trolls, and Mystical Maidens
https://smithsonianassociates.org/ticketing/programs/fairy-tales-in-classical-musicEver since early humans began to gather, they attempted to understand the inexplicable universe by telling tales. While composers have frequently enjoyed exploring the macabre and Gothic horror, classical repertory […]

Smithsonian Associates: Fairy Tales in Classical Music, Lecture 4 – Operatic Occult
https://smithsonianassociates.org/ticketing/programs/fairy-tales-in-classical-musicEver since early humans began to gather, they attempted to understand the inexplicable universe by telling tales. While composers have frequently enjoyed exploring the macabre and Gothic horror, classical repertory […]