February 9, 2025 3:30PM
MLK Jr. Performing Arts Center
Romeo and Juliet
Benjamin Rous, conductor
These concerts are sponsored by the Vesta Lee Gordon Fund at the Charlottesville Area Community Foundation
HAUGE Morning Overture (2024)
UVA Concerto Competition Winner – TBA
PROKOFIEV Romeo and Juliet – Excerpts from Suites 1 & 2 (1936) 35′
UVA Concerto Competition Winner Performance
The University of Virginia’s second annual Concerto Competition highlights the talents of student musicians in the UVA Music Department. The work to be performed will be announced after this year’s winner is named in October.
Sergei Prokofiev, Excerpts from Romeo and Juliet
Prokofiev’s cinematically vivid ballet music is a take on Shakespeare’s treasured tale of the star-crossed lovers, matching the playwright’s blend of tenderness and foul play, humor and calamity.
[Photo by Jen Fariello]