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Bournemouth Symphony Orchestra

Conductor

Kerem Hasan

Orchestra

Pianist

Alexei Volodin

Piano

Lighthouse

Rachmaninov’s Rhapsody, a brilliant showpiece for virtuoso pianist, is probably the most admired of his works. An exercise of both compositional and pianistic prowess, it embodies his late style at its brilliant and witty best and has one of the world’s most irresistible melodies. Moments of Romantic outpourings hurtle towards a typical grandiose conclusion, but at the last moment it wittily becomes a whisper and ends impishly. Although his earlier works had shown flashes of what was to come, the Eroica was Beethoven’s first truly Romantic composition. It opens with two staggering chords that announce to the world the arrival of a new talent, a forceful personality, a man never to be forgotten. From that point on Beethoven was no mere composer – he was a creator of monuments. Strauss’ tone poem is a blend of sonata form and rondo. With Don Juan’s swashbuckling theme and the fountain of semi-quavers that opens the work, it exemplifies his exhilarating orchestral virtuosity.

Romantic Rhapsody

Poole

United Kingdom

Romantic Rhapsody: Symphony No. 3 in E-flat Major, op. 55 ("Eroica") Beethoven (+2 More)

Romantic Rhapsody

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Piano
Paganini Rhapsody

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Romantic Rhapsody

Cast

Crew

ConductorAll programme

Instrumentation

PianoPaganini Rhapsody

Producer

Producer

Ensemble

OrchestraAll programme

Co-Producer

Programme

Photos

About

Composer

Description

Production synopsis

Conductor
All programme

Piano
Paganini Rhapsody

Orchestra
All programme