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Our season finale takes us on an emotionally-charged tour of Paris. From Lili Boulanger’s tragic, intimate musings on her own small world to the grandiose excesses of Berlioz’s exploration of obsessive love, this will be a program to remember!

Lili Boulanger is often overlooked compared to her better-known sister, Nadia, however she was also a groundbreaking composer in her own right. D’un soir triste (Of a Sad Evening) is shrouded in dark orchestral colors and pushes the boundaries of conventional harmonies for its time. This personal and expressive sonic exploration was completed only a few months before Lili died at the young age of 24.

The shocking originality of Berlioz’s Symphonie fantastique goes well beyond the programmatic to enter the realm of the psychological. Its exploration of an unstable, drug-addled mind spills into hallucinations, and is both disturbing and innervating.

To help our audience explore this program in more depth, we’ve chosen to include some extra-musical elements to our performance, including –

– Collaborations with local spoken word performers to give voice to both Berlioz and his beloved Harriet Smithson
– An interactive Listening Guide where musicologists and members of the orchestra provide insights into Berlioz’s masterwork
– Slideshows during each piece to evoke the shifting sentiments/mood brought forth by the composer
– The use of onstage props to highlight exceptional moments in each piece

We hope you’ll join us for this very special, thought-provoking program. The length of these pieces and the added features mean this concert will run a little over 2 hours, so please plan accordingly.

Program:
Symphonie fantastique – Hector Berlioz
D’un soir triste – Lili Boulanger

Tickets: $25 Adults, $12 Students, Free for 18 & under

Click here to purchase tickets for this concert, or you can reserve your seats at:

BCT Bloom Box Office
114 E. Kirkwood Ave.
812-323-3020 ext 1