Tres Bonne Musique!

Fort Worth Symphony Orchestra celebrates the Parisian greats in this thrilling concert bringing France's master composers to Bass Performance Hall! Robert Spano conducts Debussy's La Mer, selections from Hector Berlioz' Romeo et Juliette, Chopin's Piano Concerto No. 2 and Ravel's Pavane pour une infante defunte ("Pavane for a Dead Princess"). Sacre bleu, this is not one to miss!

Premiering in 1905, Debussy's La Mer takes us on a buzzing journey from sun-drenched lazy waves to frenzied squalls. Influential and wholly entrancing, feel the power and playfulness of nature's majesty as imagined by one of classical music's finest and most enduring talents.Hector Berlioz' exhilarating symphony based on the timeless tale of star-crossed lovers is seen as one of his defining works, while Chopin's Second Piano Concerto features soloist features Pedja Muzijevic matching its virtuoso passages with his exhilarating playing. Ravel's 6-minute miniature Pavane completes a program for lovers of French classical music!