Sir Antonio Pappano Conductor
Edinburgh International Festival 2016
The Italian Cultural Institute is proud to present:
Orchestra dell’Accademia Nazionale di Santa Cecilia from Rome
Sir Antonio Pappano, Conductor
Boris Berezovsky, Piano
Tchaikovsky Romeo and Juliet, Fantasy Overture
Rachmaninov Rhapsody on a Theme of Paganini
Schoenberg Pelleas und Melisande
Seething passions and the turmoil of forbidden love lie at the heart of the second International Festival 2016 concert from the celebrated Rome-based Orchestra dell’Accademia Nazionale di Santa Cecilia, under Music Director Sir Antonio Pappano.
Powerhouse Russian pianist Boris Berezovsky, known for both his formidable energy and his poetic sensitivity, is the soloist in his compatriot Rachmaninov’s voluptuous Rhapsody on a Theme of Paganini. It combines surging energy with the composer’s characteristic heart-rending melody to unforgettable expressive effect.
The Orchestra and Pappano bookend Rachmaninov’s sublime Rhapsody with two of music’s greatest love stories. Tchaikovsky’s Romeo and Juliet is a stormy orchestral evocation of scenes from Shakespeare’s great tragedy. And Schoenberg’s early Pelleas und Melisande takes Maeterlinck’s elusive symbolist play as inspiration for a passionate and achingly melodic symphony in all but name.
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