Andrea Battistoni / Roberto Cominati by Zandonai, Saint-Saëns, Tchaikovsky, P. I., Wed 05 Nov 2014, From (2014/2014), Conductor Andrea Battistoni, Teatro del Maggio Musicale Fiorentino, Florence, Italy

From the Alps to the pyramids: the Piccola Suite Agreste by Riccardo Zandonai from Rovereto evokes the Dolomites and mountain life, while the fifth concert for piano and orchestra by Camille Saint-Saëns is composed in Luxor, among the archaeological excavations of the Temple of Amon, and in his adagio he quotes Nubian melodies heard by boatmen on the Nile. The program ends with the Ukrainian atmospheres of Tchaikovsky's second symphony, introduced by the horn theme Along the Mother Volga .