Prokofiev: Romeo & Juliet - Dance of the Knights

Throwback to the beginning of this season when The Cleveland Orchestra performed selections from Prokofiev's music inspired by Shakespeare's most famous love story. The Orchestra will be in Miami, Florida at the end of January performing Acts 3 and 4 of Prokofiev’s Romeo & Juliet, as well as Mahler's Symphony No. 5 the following week.

The Cleveland Orchestra
Franz Welser-Möst, conductor
January 17-18
Miami, Florida
Knight Concert Hall
Adrienne Arsht Center for the Performing Arts of Miami-Dade County

PROKOFIEV - Symphony No. 2
PROKOFIEV - Acts 3 and 4, from Romeo and Juliet

Prokofiev, was a master at musical storytelling, and his ballet score to Shakespeare’s famous love story is his best-known and most passionate score. The music brings Romeo and Juliet and their conflicting families fully to life — with music that is in turn lushly romantic, playfully whimsical, deftly tuneful, poignantly heartfelt, and powerfully overwhelming.

[oliviakv]

the violin section’s movements being in *perfect* sync at certain points is utterly satisfying

[sarojthorat]

I like this piece because the brass section is so powerful and i never seen them so loud except for this one

[darrenwalker]

Isn't it amazing what humans can do

[mike_p_]

Being in an orchestra like the cleveland philharmonic is my end goal in life

[zekeedwards]

I'm nearly 50 years old I have never heard a more brilliant and important piece of music than this

[leviathanconhippo]

This sounds like a good song for a family of assassins

[OLEG-gtyt]

Вечная Русская классика! Великий Прокофьев, гениальная вещь! Потрясает в любом исполнении!

[lmaolol]

I like the piece not only cuz it sounds great but most of the time it makes the concertmaster wangjangle

[johnmiller]

Love my orchestra and Love Severance Hall

[lanafan]

that concert hall is absolutely magnificent

[tamasandy]

I hear the imperial march one for so many times, and now hearing this feels weird

[WilvB]

The bas trombone is a beast! Very well

[cemoi]

J'aimerai habiter à Cleveland pour pouvoir aller aux concerts . C'est un des plus grand orchestre du monde avec des musiciens exceptionnels et une programmation très éclectique car le chef est unique. Il explique très bien l'oeuvre du compositeur et tout devient limpide car c'est un merveilleux passeur de message. Merci et prenez soin de vous tous.

[anafernandez]

Magnífica pieza musical, no se puede dejar de escucharla una y otra vez.
🎉

[kevinolsen]

The first time I really listened to this piece was at the New York City Ballet during a performance of Romeo and Juliet...it was a mind-blowing experience and the moment in the ballet that I remember best.

[isopticon]

Perfect recording of perfect execution, this should be on the CD. It was clearly perfect setup, I have every version of this piece and this one is by far the best of them all.

[CepeLLlka]

Спасибо! Одно из лучших исполнений, что я слышал.. красавцы! Всё очень четко и очень сбалансировано.

[erinlohnas]

Absolutely stunning performance of this piece! I love watching the violin section in this particular piece since it's so intense, but really it is for about all the sections haha.

[DavidJGillCA]

Lorin Maazel made a wonderful recording of this work with Cleveland when he was music director.

[NoahBodze]

I love that even as it drifts from the motif it will return to the motif.