"The end of a silent delight is silent, it dies in a fever, like fire and gunpowder that dies kissing." If you were looking for a musical translation of Shakespeare's wonderful phrase, we would say Tchaikovsky's Romeo and Juliet - Fantasy of the Overture. It takes us, the audience away from our safe everyday lives with such fervour that we may never find our way back to our conventions again. And if you fear it will stay that way, a little Russian musical poetry can shake it back into place. Borodin's narrative poems can help you wander around Central Asia in a flash, or give you a glimpse into the mind of a polymath doctor-musician-chemist-teacher with his Symphony No 2. If you're willing to be touched deeply by the music, don't miss our season-closing concert on 30 May, where the incredibly successful Alba Regia Symphony Orchestra will bring the magic to life.
Bellini: The Capulets and Montagues - Overture
Tschaikowsky: Romeo and Juliet – Fantasy Overture
Borodin: In the Steppes of Central Asia
Borodin: Symphony no. 2
