Name: Leicester: The Tales of Scheherazade
Start: 2023-05-09T00:00:00.000Z
End: 2023-05-10T00:00:00.000Z
Location: De Montfort Hall

Organization

Conductor

Stanislav Kochanovsky

Instrumentalist

Aleksei Volodin

Piano

Orchestra

Philharmonia Orchestra

Leicester: The Tales of Scheherazade

Bedford

United Kingdom

Bedford Corn Exchange

Leicester

De Montfort Hall

Leicester: The Tales of Scheherazade: Piano Concerto No. 2, Op.18 (+1 More)

Public

Piano Concerto No. 2, op. 18

Scheherazade Op. 35

Approved

Conductor Stanislav Kochanovsky takes to the stage for this concert, with Alexei Volodin as the soloist in Rachmaninov’s captivating Piano Concerto No. 2. Full of rich, Romantic intensity, and with a fiendish cadenza, it’s one of the most difficult – and rewarding – pieces in the piano repertoire.

Inspired by ancient folktales of The 1001 Arabian Nights, Rimsky-Korsakov’s Scheherazade takes us on an exhilarating adventure with all the colours of the orchestra depicting princesses, princes, sailors, ships and storms. Scheherazade herself is represented by an exquisite solo violin melody. Night after night she tells scintillating tales to the Sultan in an effort to keep herself alive…

English

Performance credits (Cast & Crew )

Instrumentation

Ensemble