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SymphonyCast kicks of July with Fireworks by Stravinsky

Sketch for the ballet by Igor Stravinsky: Fireworks (Feu d'artifice), 1915 by Giacomo Balla
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Sketch for the ballet by Igor Stravinsky: Fireworks (Feu d'artifice), 1915 by Giacomo Balla

This sketch for the ballet by Igor Stravinsky: Fireworks (Feu d'artifice), 1915 by Giacomo Balla reflects the futurism style. Hear Stravinsky's work (7/5).

7/5       Stravinsky: Fireworks Shoenfield: Four Parables for Piano and Orchestra Holst: The Planets (Natasha Paremski, p; Oregon Symphony; Carlos Kalmar, cond)

7/12      Brahms: Piano Concerto No. 1 Stravinsky: Rite of Spring (Rafal Blechacz, p; Minnesota Orchestra; Osmo Vanska, cond)

7/19      Gershwin: An American in Paris John Adams: Doctor Atomic Symphony Rachmaninoff: Piano Concerto No. 3 (Denis Kozhukhin, p; Houston Symphony; Andres Orozco-Estrada, cond)

7/26      Dvorak: Romance Walton: Sonata Mendelssohn: Symphony No. 4 (Maureen Nelson, v; Saint Paul Chamber Orchestra)