Name: Mendelssohn, Schumann And Wagner
Start: 2024-09-26T00:00:00.000Z
End: 2024-09-26T00:00:00.000Z
Location: Cadogan Hall

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Royal Philharmonic Orchestra

Conductor

Jac van Steen

Orchestra

Instrumentalist

Curtis Phill Hsu

Piano

Mendelssohn, Schumann And Wagner

London

United Kingdom

Cadogan Hall

Public

Concert

Piano Concerto in A Minor, op. 54

Symphony No. 3 in A Minor, op. 56 ("Scottish")

Rienzi, der letzte der Tribunen

Jnanakumar P

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The composers of the Romantic era liked their landscapes untamed, their stories sensational and their emotions larger-than-life – so that’s exactly what conductor Jac van Steen delivers tonight. Mendelssohn conceived his ‘Scottish’ Symphony at twilight in Edinburgh, as he wandered the ruins of Holyrood Abbey: what follows is a sweeping musical drama of mist-covered moors and warring clans. Wagner’s Overture to Rienzi is even more over the top: a rip-roaring musical swashbuckler inspired by a tale of bloody rebellion amid the ruins of Rome. You simply have to hear it! And in between… well, we have a real treat for you as we present the newly crowned winner of the 2024 Hastings International Piano Concerto Competition, Curtis Phill Hsu. A star in the making, Curtis performs Schumann’s sublime Piano Concerto.

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