DelawareScene: Sublime and Dramatic | The Romantic Movement in Music @ Lewes Public Library

Sublime and Dramatic | The Romantic Movement in Music

From the late 18th to the mid-19th century, European artists, composers, authors, poets, and philosophers responded strongly to the rational thought of the Enlightenment by exploring and celebrating the sublime and dramatic in nature, metaphysics, and human emotion. The Spoken Word Society presents a four-week series of programs exploring this movement through performances, lectures and discussions.

Join us as we explore the beginnings of Romantic Music from Handel in the 18th century to Elgar in the 20th. When we think of Romantic music we usually think of the 19th century greats, such as Beethoven, Schumann, Wagner, or Tchaikovsky. As with all the arts, one period grows out of, and blends with, contemporaneous forms. The beginning cannot be pinned down nor the end detected. In fact it is still very much with us. We'll explore how Beethoven exploded out of the Classical period and how Elgar summed up the Romantic era in the aftermath of The Great War.

Lani Spahr, professional oboist and world renowned audio restoration engineer and producer, is well known to Lewes audiences from his popular program Performance Insights presented through Coastal Concerts. Formerly a leading performer on period oboes in the US, he was a member of Boston Baroque and the Handel & Haydn Society Orchestra of Boston and appeared with many of North America’s leading period instrument orchestras, including Tafelmusik, Philharmonia Baroque, Tempesta di Mare, and many others.

NOTE: this session is available to attend in-person or through Zoom. You MUST REGISTER and indicate which you prefer. Each individual attending must register.

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