Sunday, September 14, 2025 3:00 pm

Penn State Recital Hall

53 minutes, including intermission

Join PCO and the Nittany Ballet as we tell stories through sound and movement. Enjoy the lush sounds of Coleridge-Taylor’s Novelette No. 1 and Tchaikovsky’s Serenade for Strings, contrasted with the crisp, rhythmic Danses Concertantes by Stravinsky. Don’t miss this dynamic journey through romantic lyricism and modern energy!

Concert Facts:

#1

Coleridge-Taylor's Four Novelettes features string orchestra with tambourine and triangle. Composed in 1901–1902, the work infuses romantic sentimentality with a modern string orchestra. 

#2

Stravinsky's Danses Concertantes was composed in 1941 as a commission from the Werner Janssen Symphony. It wasn't until 1944 that the work was choreographed by George Balanchine and performed as a ballet. 

#3

Tchaikovsky's Serenade for Strings offers a nineteenth-century complement to the previously heard Novelette. This four-movement work combines an homage to Mozart, a Viennese waltz, and folk influences within a larger, four-movement classical structure.