Blockbusters and Discoveries: Arabian Nights
Saturday, January 21, 2006 - 7:30 p.m.
Jim Rouse Theatre
Pieces
Tan Dun - Paper Concerto for Paper Percussion and Orchestra (2003)
Nikolai Rimsky-Korsakov - Scheherazade
About the Concert
Though children may dream of Tales of Arabian Nights, Rimsky-Korsakov used these myths and legends to inspire a tone poem of epic proportions. Just as China gave the gift of paper to the world, Tan Dun explores its sonic possibilities in an enthralling new work.
