Alessandro Taverna performs Grieg
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This event took place on Tuesday 27 October 2015.
- Tuesday 27 October 2015
- Cadogan Hall
Alessandro Taverna performs Grieg
Tue 27 Oct 2015
Need to know
Repertoire
- Weber Oberon Overture
- Grieg Piano Concerto
- Beethoven Symphony No.6, 'Pastoral'
Features
- Eduardo Portal Conductor
- Alessandro Taverna Piano
- Royal Philharmonic Orchestra
Medieval tales of Oberon, king of the fairies, sparked the imagination of many artistic geniuses including Carl Maria von Weber, whose opera Oberon unfolds dreamily with a ‘magic horn call’.
Another composer influenced by mythology and Scandinavian legend is Grieg, whose only piano concerto ranks among the most popular works ever written, performed tonight by the exhilarating pianist Alessandro Taverna.
Beethoven’s Symphony No. 6, ‘Pastoral’, is the only symphony for which the composer wrote descriptive notes for each movement, such as ‘Merry Gathering of Country Folk’ and ‘Thunder, Storm’. It was originally titled ‘Recollections of Country Life’.