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EIRMC Red Dress Concert:
An Evening of Enchantment

Saturday, February 18th, 7:30pm, Civic Auditorium

Thomas Heuser, conductor

David Gray Adler, narrator

Thank you to our Concert Sponsors: Eastern Idaho Regional Medical Center, Teton Toyota, Idaho Commission on the Arts, Candlewood Suites, Post Register

Baton Sponsor: Spinnaker Financial

Our annual Red Dress Concert features one of the greatest orchestral showpieces of the 19^th century: Scheherazade, a musical saga of epic proportions that burns with all the mystique, intrigue and exoticism of the Arabian Nights legends. Bizet’s evocative Carmen Suite sets the mood. Bring a Valentine, wear your favorite red dress, and prepare to be enchanted by an evening of irresistible music!

Image: "Fan Dancer," painting by Russian artist Andrew Atroshenko (b. 1965)

MUSIC NOTES by Thomas Heuser

Pre-concert discussion with Maestro Heuser
6:45pm, Civic Auditorium Little Theater, FREE

*Suite No.1 from Carmen* (1874) I. Prélude (Acte I) Ia. Aragonaise (Entracte, Acte IV) II. Intermezzo (Entracte, Acte III) III. Séguedille (Acte I) IV. Les dragons d’Alcala (Entracte, Acte II) V. Les toreadors (Prélude, Acte I)**	Georges Bizet (1838-1875)
Prélude à l'après-midi d'un faune (1894) After the poem by Stéphane Mallarmé	Claude Debussy (1862-1918)
INTERMISSION
Scheherazade, Op. 35 (1888) Based on legends from the Arabian Nights I. The Sea and Sinbad’s Ship II. The Tale of Prince Kalandar III. The Young Prince and the Princess IV. The Festival at Baghdad. The Sea. Conclusion.	Nikolai Rimsky-Korsakov (1844-1908)