The Gulf Coast Symphony presents A Composer’s Travelogue – a musical odyssey celebrating some of the world’s greatest composers and how they transposed their travels into sound – on Saturday, Feb. 21 at 2 p.m. and 7:30 p.m., at the Music & Arts Community Center.
From the fiery dances of Spain to the twilight stillness of North Africa, from the sun-washed streets of Italy to the moonlit deserts of Central Asia, this program celebrates the way composers have captured the sound of places they visited, imagined or longed for.
Ravel, Debussy and Rimsky-Korsakov bring Spain to life through three completely different lenses — elegant, mysterious and electrifying. Saint-Saëns creates a dreamy Algerian sunset, while Ibert sails us through three vivid ports of call. After intermission, the audience will arrive in Italy through Strauss and Tchaikovsky, drift eastward with Borodin, dance through Brazilian rhythms with Respighi and finish with Gershwin’s “Cuban Overture.”…