Alexander Shelley conducts Beethoven
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This event took place on Sunday 8 February 2015.
- Sunday 8 February 2015
Alexander Shelley conducts Beethoven
Sun 8 Feb 2015
Need to know
Repertoire
- Glinka Ruslan and Lyudmila Overture
- Rachmaninoff Piano Concerto No.2
- Vaughan Williams Fantasia on a Theme by Thomas Tallis
- Beethoven Symphony No.5
Features
- Alexander Shelley Conductor
- Alessio Bax Piano
- Royal Philharmonic Orchestra
The programme includes Rachmaninov’s romantic Piano Concerto No.2, forever linked to the famous film Brief Encounter. Composed in 1900 and comparable to Beethoven’s epic Eroica symphony in terms of its scope, drama and majesty, it has seduced audiences the world over ever since and will be performed by the distinguished pianist Alessio Bax. The second half begins with the haunting rhapsodic work by Vaughan Williams – his Fantasia on a Theme by Thomas Tallis. This is always in Classic FM’s top ten and is a spell-bindingly beautiful piece. The concert ends with perhaps the most famous of all symphonies, Beethoven’s elemental Symphony No.5 with its famous opening fate motif.