Alexandra Dariescu performs Grieg
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This event took place on Friday 20 May 2016.
- Friday 20 May 2016
- The Alban Arena
Alexandra Dariescu performs Grieg
Fri 20 May 2016
The Alban Arena
Need to know
Repertoire
- Rossini The Barber of Seville Overture
- Grieg Piano Concerto
- Dvořák Symphony No.9, 'From the New World'
Features
- Damian Iorio Conductor
- Alexandra Dariescu Piano
- Royal Philharmonic Orchestra
Location
The Alban Arena
Rossini’s stunning Overture from The Barber of Seville is the perfect opener to this springtime concert, bringing together elements of comedy and excitement in a quintessentially Rossini style. Having surpassed the opening night obstacles (including a singer falling through a trap-door, a cat walking onstage and the composer losing the only score of the Overture!), The Barber of Seville is one of opera’s best-loved overtures.
The centrepiece of tonight’s programme is without doubt one of the most popular works ever written for the piano – Grieg’s Piano Concerto. Its dramatic opening leads into rich, lyrical melodies and passages of showstopping virtuosity, performed by the outstanding pianist Alexandra Dariescu.
Conducted by Damian Iorio, the Royal Philharmonic Orchestra will close the concert with Dvořák’s seminal work, Symphony No.9, ‘From the New World’. With echoes of the Native American and early African-American folk traditions, the running tune throughout the piece so perfectly captures the flavour of the country that it is often described as an original American folk tune.