2005-2006
Schedule of Speakers
(subject to change without notice)
Enhance
your enjoyment of the Celebration and Anticipation season through
the Dallas Symphony Orchestra's Performance Preludes. Laugh and
learn with knowledgeable and entertaining speakers (as well as
a few surprise visitors) as they share the stories behind the
music.
Performance
Preludes begin one hour before every Dallas Symphony Classical
Series performance in Horchow Hall, located behind the box office
on the lower level of the Meyerson Symphony Center.
- September
8-11 Carl
Johnson Russian Blockbusters
- September
15-18 Laurie
Shulman New
Concerto, New Thinker
- September
22-25 LeAnn
Binford Musical
Reflections of the 20th Century
- October
6-8 Frank
Heidlberger Contrasts:
Three Composers, Three Musical Languages
- October
20-23 Carl
Johnson Waves
of Sound
- November
3-6 Lester
Brothers Aspects
of the Comic and the Profound in works by Brahms and Strauss
- November
10-13 LeAnn
Binford Myth,
Fantasy, and Imagination
- December
1-3 Alessandra
Comini Two
"Foreigners" in Vienna: Ludwig van Beethoven and Gustav
Mahler
- January
12-15 Carl
Johnson Ives:
An American Original
- January
19-22 Laurie
Shulman Iconoclasm,
Classicism, and the Romantic Tradition
- January
26-28
Frank Heidlberger
Triumphs of the Czech Master
- February
16-19 Donna
Mayer-Martin New
Wine in Old Vessels: The Use of Classical Forms by Brahms and
Ravel
- February
23-25 Lester
Brothers With
Strings Attached…for 250 years: Mozart and the String
Duo
- March
9-12 Gerrit
Pronske Mozart
at the Keyboard
- March
16-19 LeAnn
Binford Major
and Minor, Mozart in the Key of C
- March
30-April 1 Tim
Lynch Music
of the Spheres
- April
6-9 David
Schwarz Striking
Sounds: De Falla, Schumann, and Higdon
- April
20-22 Diane
Penney Of
Servants, Gamblers and Heroes…
- May
4-7 Lester
Brothers Anglicizing
Art: Works by Elgar, Copland, and Barber
- May
11-13 Mark
Melson Adieu,
Andrew: the DSO's Litton Era
- May
18-21 Laurie
Shulman Youthful
Masters
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