Carmen Suite, Les Toreadors
- Georges Bizet (1838-1875)
- Les Toreadors from Carmen Suite No. 1
- Beverly Hills Philharmonic Orchestra – BH Phil
- Mehran Tebyani, Conductor
- November 6th, 2016
- UCLA, Schoenberg Hall
The Carmen Suites are two suites of orchestral music drawn from the music of Georges Bizet’s 1875 opera Carmen and compiled posthumously by his friend Ernest Guiraud. They adhere very closely to Bizet’s orchestration. Les Toréadors – Theme from prelude to act 1 and Procession of the Toreadors from act 4: “Les voici! voici la quadrille des Toreros!”. Suite No. 1 was published c. 1882.
Pavane
- Gabriel Faure (1845-1924)
- Pavane in F-sharp minor, Op. 50
- Beverly Hills Philharmonic Orchestra – BH Phil
- Mehran Tebyani, Conductor
- November 6th, 2016
- UCLA, Schoenberg Hall
The Pavane in F-sharp minor, Op. 50, is a short work by the French composer Gabriel Fauré written in 1887. It was originally a piano piece but is better known in Fauré’s version for orchestra and optional chorus. It was first performed in Paris in 1888, becoming one of the composer’s most popular works.
New World Symphony
- Antonin Dvorak (1841-1904)
- Symphony No. 9 in E minor, Op. 95, Adagio
- Beverly Hills Philharmonic Orchestra – BH Phil
- Mehran Tebyani, Conductor
- November 6th, 2016
- UCLA, Schoenberg Hall
The Symphony No. 9 in E minor, “From the New World”, Op. 95, B. 178 (Czech: Symfonie č. 9 e moll “Z nového světa”), popularly known as the New World Symphony, was composed by Antonín Dvořák and premiered in New York City on 16 December 1893. It has been described as one of the most popular of all symphonies. Astronaut Neil Armstrong took a tape recording of the New World Symphony along during the Apollo 11 mission, the first Moon landing, in 1969.
