Boston Landmarks Orchestra: RACHMANINOFF TO ELLINGTON: MUSIC & HEALING [08/11/21]

Boston Landmarks Orchestra, Christopher Wilkins, conductor
Boston Ballet II
Boston String Academy
Jean Appolon Expressions
Peter DiMuro/Public Displays of Motion
Urbanity Dance

Sergei Rachmaninoff Symphonic Dances
Bedřich Smetana Dance of the Comedians from Bartered Bride
Camille Saint-Saëns The Swan from Carnival of the Animals
Samuel Coleridge-Taylor Danse nègre
Duke Ellington The River
Arturo Márquez Danzón No. 2

Partners from Boston’s dance community explore connections between music, movement, and well-being. Ellington’s “river ballet” portrays human life, flowing from its source to the ocean beyond. Rachmaninoff’s Symphonic Dances rock and sway with unbounded vitality in the composer’s final orchestral work.
Choreographer Peter DiMuro/Public Displays of Motion (PDM) will bring his “Postcards From the Front” to the Hatch Shell stage. This piece pairs the recorded experiences of those on the front lines of the COVID-19 pandemic with the movement responses of PDM collaborators. Joining Landmarks for the first time is Urbanity Dance, showcasing one of their signature programs “Dance with Parkinson’s.”

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Full lineup of summer 2021 Hatch Shell concerts:

> Wednesday, Aug 4th: BEETHOVEN’S FIFTH & AMERICAN ICONS

https://www.thebostoncalendar.com/events/boston-landmarks-orchestra-beethoven-s-fifth-american-icons

> Wednesday, Aug 11th: RACHMANINOFF TO ELLINGTON: MUSIC & HEALING

https://www.thebostoncalendar.com/events/boston-landmarks-orchestra-rachmaninoff-to-ellington-music-healing

> Wednesday, Aug 18th: BACH AND BEETHOVEN

https://www.thebostoncalendar.com/events/longwood-symphony-orchestra-and-mercury-orchestra-bach-and-beethoven

> Wednesday, Aug 25: AMAZING GRACE & SOUSA MARCHES

https://www.thebostoncalendar.com/events/boston-landmarks-orchestra-amazing-grace-sousa-marches

Wednesday, Sep 1: RHAPSODY IN BLUE & AMERICAN PORTRAITS

https://www.thebostoncalendar.com/events/boston-landmarks-orchestra-rhapsody-in-blue-american-portraits