Serenade, after Plato's "Symposium"
For violin and orchestra
The Serenade, after Plato's Symposium, is a composition by Leonard Bernstein for solo violin, strings and percussion. He completed the serenade in five movements on August 7, 1954. For the serenade, the composer drew inspiration from Plato's Symposium, a dialogue of related statements in praise of love, each statement made by a distinguished speaker.
Movements
- Phaedrus: Pausanias. Lento – Allegro
- Aristophanes. Allegretto
- Eryximachus. Presto
- Agathon. Adagio
- Socrates: Alcibiades. Molto tenuto – Allegro molto vivace
Recommended recordings
- Isaac Stern · Symphony of the Air · Leonard Bernstein YouTubeSpotify (subscription)
- Gidon Kremer · Israel Philharmonic Orchestra · Leonard Bernstein YouTubeSpotify (subscription)