Antinous and Hadrian Suite

Description

Video

Duration

7 min.

Instrumentation

2.2.2.2-4.2.3.1-timp-perc(2)-hp-str

Program Notes

Antinous and Hadrian Suite is an orchestral tone poem that captures the lush orchestrations and themes of the opera, Antinous and Hadrian. The roman emperor, Hadrian, fell in love with the Greek Youth Antinous. This orchestral piece portrays the love these two men shared publicly, even though at the time it was forbidden to express love for another man in public. Antinous and Hadrian were out and proud over a thousand years ago.