ARABIAN NIGHTS AND THE DANCE OF LIFE AND DEATH

World-premiere arrangements conducted by Colorado Symphony’s former music director.

The orchestra will premiere two brand new arrangements commissioned by Strings Music Festival. Scheherazade and Rite of Spring originally premiered in Paris in the early 20th century by the famed Ballet Russes, and are emotional and sensational orchestra works.

Brett Mitchell, conductor

Rimsky-Korsakov Scheherazade, Op. 35
Stravinsky Le Sacre du printemps (The Rite of Spring)

STRINGS FESTIVAL ORCHESTRA