Boston’s Back Bay Chorale – is bringing back to Boston a Schumann”s masterpiece "Paradise and the Peri.” It was last performed in town 20 years ago. It will be on Saturday May 7 th at 8PM at the Church of the Immaculate Conception, 775 Harrison Avenue in Boston. I leanred about this form my good friends Roberto Cremonini and Victoria Mills who perform with the Chorale. It should be great.
Shuman adapted the music from “Lalah Rookh,” Thomas Moore's Romantic verse stories based on Persian folklore. The excellent Boston Persian restaurant, Lala Rokh is offering a special package including a three-course dinner and VIP tickets to the concert.
There are only two U.S. performances of Paradise and the Peri this year – this upcoming Boston one and the San Francisco Symphony's, which took place in February. Here is an excerpt from the Contra Costa Times review of that performance gives you a sense of what the piece is about: “It's a story of love, heroism, mysticism and redemption. The Peri of the title - an airy sprite who is the child of a fallen angel and a mortal - seeks to regain her rightful place as a demigoddess. The quest takes her to exotic climes such as India, Egypt, Syria and, eventually, the gates of heaven.”
Tickets are available online at the Back Bay Chorale site.
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