Ravel and a World Premiere
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Bass Performance Hall Fort Worth, Texas
Fort Worth Symphony Orchestra
Fort Worth Symphony Orchestra
The French impressionist composer Maurice Ravel wrote brilliantly colorful melodies to accompany Greek myths and children’s stories. To close its season, the Fort Worth Symphony Orchestra and music director Robert Spano will perform Ravel’s Mother Goose Suite, his Valses nobles et sentimentales, and the Suite No. 2 from his ballet Daphnis and Chloe. Plus, FWSO principal cellist Allan Steele takes the spotlight in the World Premiere of a new cello concerto by American composer Christopher Theofanidis. Works RAVEL: Mother Goose Suite THEOFANIDIS: Cello Concerto (World Premiere) RAVEL: Valses nobles et sentimentales RAVEL: Daphnis and Chloe Suite No. 2 Featured Artists Robert Spano, conductor Allan Steele, cello