Dance courses through the veins of this program. American composer Adam Schoenberg writes music that sounds like a cross between Radiohead and Copland. His Picture Studies, a 21st-century version of Mussorgsky’s timeless Pictures at an Exhibition, brings disparate works of visual art to musical life, enhanced by choreography and dancers from The Big Muddy Dance Company. One of Stéphane’s favorite ballet scores, Sergei Prokofiev’s Romeo and Juliet captures the thrills and tragedy of a star-crossed love.

Stéphane Denève, conductor
The Big Muddy Dance Company
Kirven Douthit-Boyd, choreographer

Adam Schoenberg Picture Studies
Sergei Prokofiev Romeo and Juliet Suite