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2009-2010 Performance Preludes
Enhance your enjoyment of the Celebration and Anticipation season through the Dallas Symphony Orchestra's Performance Preludes. Laugh and learn with knowledgeable and entertaining speakers (as well as a few surprise visitors) as they share the stories behind the music.
Performance Preludes begin one hour before every Dallas Symphony Classical Series performance in Horchow Hall, located behind the box office on the lower level of the Meyerson Symphony Center. Performance Preludes are graciously sponsored by the
Dallas Symphony Orchestra Guild.
September 17 – 20
"Vengeance and Fate/Legend and Autobiography"
Speaker: Laurie Shulman
September 24 – 26
“Titans of the Symphonic World”
Speaker: Jamie Allen
October 22 – 24
“Between Tragedy and Comedy”
Speaker: Kevin Salfen
October 29 – November 1
“Internal Conflicts, External Joys”
Speaker: Mark McKnight
November 5 – 8
“Variations on a Life”
Speaker: Mark Melson
November 12 - 14
"Fragments of Memory"
Speaker: Frank Heidlberger
November 19 – 22
"Three Centuries of French Charm and Seduction”
Speaker: Laurie Shulman
November 7 – 9
“Imposing Introductions”
Speaker: Jamie Allen
January 14 - 16
"From Anguish to Inspiration"
Speaker: LeAnn Binford
January 21-24
"First Steps Towards a Long Tradition"
Speaker: Frank Heidlberger
January 28 – 30
"Landscape, legend, geography, history: Smetana's Má Vlast"
Speaker: Laurie Shulman
February 11-14
"Behind the Music: The Resolute Romantic"
Speaker: Rei Hotoda
February 18-20
“The Composer and the Threat of War”
Speaker: Kevin Salfen
March 18 – 21
"The 'Suite' Sounds of Patronage”
Speaker: Kimberly Harris
March 25-28
“From the Sublime to the Subliminal”
Speaker: Gayle Ross
April 8-11
"Transfigured & Transformed"
Speaker: LeAnn Binford
April 15-18
“Figuring out Transfiguration”
Speaker: Kevin Salfen
April 29 - May 2
“Fairy Tale, Fantasy, and Franck”
Speaker: Laurie Shulman
May 6-9
"A Stroll Down Memory Lane"
Speaker: Kimberly Harris
May 13-16
“Unlocking the Future”
Speaker: Jamie Allen
May 20-23
“Mahler’s Judgment Day Canvas”
Speaker: Deanna Bush
For more information, please call Jamie Allen at 214.871.4019; On the weekends, please call 214.692.0203