“Tchaikovsky was the first of the three to take a musical ‘swing’ at this material and it resulted in one of the most recognizable melodies of the entire Classical repertoire,” Parnther said. In the first half of the concert, the orchestra will perform the story of young Romeo Montague and Juliet Capulet with Sergei Prokofiev’s music for the ballet “Romeo and Juliet” and the “Fantasy Overture” by Piotr Illych Tchaikovsky. “I’m excited that the San Bernardino Symphony will have the opportunity to examine the Shakespeareantragedy of Romeo and Juliet through three completely different lenses, that of three colossal talents - Tchaikovsky, Prokofiev and Bernstein,” Anthony Parnther, the orchestra’s music director and conductor said in a news release. March 12 at the California Theatre of the Performing Arts in San Bernardino. The San Bernardino Symphony Orchestra will present “Romeo and Juliet vs.
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