Past Event
Friday, July 14, 2023, 7:30 p.m.
Tchaikovsky X. Drake
222 Marina Park Way, San Diego, 92101
Tchaikovsky X. Drake is a symphonic synthesis that blends the music of two composer-romanticists separated by almost a century. Twenty-two songs of Drake are woven into Piotr Tchaikovsky’s Fifth Symphony, as the lyrics of the former serve to advance the narrative program of the latter. We hear Drake’s melodies soaring in tandem with Tchaikovsky’s; his raps motoring almost impossibly with Tchaikovsky’s rhythmic figures; then vignettes of Drake’s music with Tchaikovsky’s motives and melodies superimposed over the top. Joining the full symphony orchestra are three singers, one rapper, a drummer and a bassist. Conductor/creator Steve Hackman also plays piano for several interludes and songs.