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BEETHOVEN'S SECOND PIANO CONCERTO
featuring the acclaimed Andreas Haefliger
From the Carnival of Rome to the escapades of a Shakespearian knight, with youthful Beethoven in virtuoso mode.Poor Berlioz: his opera Benvenuto Cellini was a “deadly failure” and “unmercifully hissed” (his words). But there was one part of it that was a huge success: the overture with its bold swagger and wistful tenderness. Later on, Berlioz rescued some of the opera’s most inspired moments to create an even bigger success: his whirlwind Roman Carnival overture.
These two “carnival” works frame a concerto from the young Beethoven – composer and virtuoso – and a portrait of Shakespeare’s flawed knight, Falstaff. Elgar was a gallant soul, and he allows the fat and foolish knight a romantic nobility, all wrapped up in astonishingly detailed storytelling, where every escapade (and every quaffed ale!) has its musical representation.
BERLIOZ Benvenuto Cellini: Overture
BEETHOVEN Piano Concerto No.2
ELGAR Falstaff
BERLIOZ Roman Carnival – Overture
David Zinman conductor
Andreas Haefliger piano
Carnevale
Venue: Concert Hall
Dates: 10 - 12 May
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