THE UPS AND DOWNS OF BEING IN LOVE
The Great Elopement
SPONSORED BY ELIZABETH DELZELL AND ANNE & JOHN SILLS
The Great Elopement
Thursday, Aug 17, 2023 at 7:30 pm
Trinity Episcopal Church
214 W Beverley St, Staunton
Section A | $35
Section B | $28
Section C | $22
Discounts available for
youth, college, & military
Included in Summer and Annual Passes
Doors open at 6:30 | Lecture at 6:45
Love is one of the most common themes of music. This evening program takes a look at love from various angles, from comedy and class in "The Marriage of Figaro" to the heady passions of Tchaikovsky's "Romeo and Juliet." The featured work, however, is a little-known arrangement of Handel's music made by English conductor Sir Thomas Beecham, titled "The Great Elopement" and featuring pantomime by Happenstance Theater.
Mozart | Overture to Le Nozze di Figaro
Trouvère Song
C. and R. Schumann | Romanzen, for oboe and fortepiano
Hillborg | O dessa ögon, for voice and string quintet
Tchaikovsky/V.Mendelssohn | Romeo and Juliet Fantasy-Overture, arr. for piano sextet
Handel/Beecham | The Great Elopement, or Love in Bath, with pantomime by Happenstance Theater
Artists involved in this event:
Axtell, Balslov, Begelman, Boodell, Campbell, Chartrand, Collins, Corwin, Davis, DiEugenio, Donakowski, Fang, Fedor, Fester, Fisher, Gilmore, Goist, Halquist, Happenstance, Higgins, Hurley, Kärkkäinen, Kress, Kwapis, Lankford, Lardin, M.Lee, N.Lee, Loudon, Magen, Matthew, Matthews, Miller, Morton, Owens, Parker, Parrini, Pensola, Roe, Scheid, Schmidt, Smith, Spaar, Steinhoff, Stern, Stredder, Tikkanen, Walker, Wilson, Yoshioka, Zyko