Scheherazade

Saturday
April 17, 2010, 11:00 a.m.- Laura Turner Concert Hall

Nashville Symphony
Kelly Corcoran, Conductor
Enchantment Theatre Company

Weber -  Overture to Abu Hassan
Tchaikovsky -  Arab Dance from The Nutcracker, Op. 71
Rimsky-Korsakov -  Scheherazade, Op. 35

Relive the fantastic stories of The Thousand and One Nights, including "Aladdin's Magic Lamp" and "Sinbad the Sailor," as the orchestra performs Rimsky-Korsakov's imaginative music. The Enchantment Theatre Company will use masks, puppets, magic and movement to evoke far-off lands and to underscore the powerful themes of love and adventure found at the heart of these timeless Arabian tales.