Join Sterling Elliott as he performs John Corigliano’s Phantasmagoria, Suite from The Ghost of Versailles, with the Orlando Philharmonic on January 13 & 14, 2024. This version of Phatasmagoria has been arranged for cello and orchestra by the composer (Corigliano) for Sterling Elliott and was commissioned by the Orlando Philharmonic; world premiere.

CLASSICS 3 – January 13-14, 2024

RACHMANINOFF & RAVEL

Steinmetz Hall

Eric Jacobsen, conductor

Sterling Elliott, cello

Ravel La valse

John Corigliano Phantasmagoria, Suite from The Ghost of Versailles, arranged for cello and orchestra by the composer for Sterling Elliott (commissioned by the Orlando Philharmonic Orchestra; world premiere)

Rachmaninoff Symphonic Dances

Ravel’s homage-with-a-twist to Johann Strauss, Jr. imagines a mid-19^th century imperial court with couples dancing and whirling in a voluptuous waltz that ends in a wild, shattering climax. Cellist Sterling Elliott–whose stellar stage presence and joy in music-making—solos in John Corigliano’s Phantasmagoria, a sort of “phantasy” on his opera Ghosts of Versailles, arranged for him by the composer. Rachmaninoff’s kaleidoscopic Symphonic Dances, his last—and many say his greatest—work, includes a haunting alto saxophone, mysterious tubular bells, allusions to Russian Orthodox chants, a thundering Dies irae from the Mass for the Dead, and a shadowy, eerie waltz that seems to echo the darker harmonies of La valse that opens our concert.

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Join Sterling Elliott as he performs John Corigliano’s Phantasmagoria, Suite from The Ghost of Versailles, with the Orlando Philharmonic on January 13 & 14, 2024. This version of Phatasmagoria has been arranged for cello and orchestra by the composer (Corigliano) for Sterling Elliott and was commissioned by the Orlando Philharmonic; world premiere.

CLASSICS 3 – January 13-14, 2024

RACHMANINOFF & RAVEL

Steinmetz Hall

Eric Jacobsen, conductor

Sterling Elliott, cello

Ravel La valse

John Corigliano Phantasmagoria, Suite from The Ghost of Versailles, arranged for cello and orchestra by the composer for Sterling Elliott (commissioned by the Orlando Philharmonic Orchestra; world premiere)

Rachmaninoff Symphonic Dances

Ravel’s homage-with-a-twist to Johann Strauss, Jr. imagines a mid-19^th century imperial court with couples dancing and whirling in a voluptuous waltz that ends in a wild, shattering climax. Cellist Sterling Elliott–whose stellar stage presence and joy in music-making—solos in John Corigliano’s Phantasmagoria, a sort of “phantasy” on his opera Ghosts of Versailles, arranged for him by the composer. Rachmaninoff’s kaleidoscopic Symphonic Dances, his last—and many say his greatest—work, includes a haunting alto saxophone, mysterious tubular bells, allusions to Russian Orthodox chants, a thundering Dies irae from the Mass for the Dead, and a shadowy, eerie waltz that seems to echo the darker harmonies of La valse that opens our concert.

Tickets