Xuefei Yang performs Rodrigo
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This event took place on Saturday 16 April 2016.
- Saturday 16 April 2016
- Crawley The Hawth
Xuefei Yang performs Rodrigo
Sat 16 Apr 2016
Crawley The Hawth
Need to know
Repertoire
- Wagner Siegfried Idyll
- Rodrigo Concierto de Aranjuez
- Beethoven Symphony No.3, 'Eroica'
Features
- Ben Gernon Conductor
- Xuefei Yang Guitar
- Royal Philharmonic Orchestra
Composed as a love letter to his new domestic bliss, Wagner’s Siegfried Idyll was first performed on the stairs of his home to wake up his beloved wife. Originally composed as a private birthday gift, this piece is a delightful opening to the evening’s concert. From German Romanticism to Spanish dance rhythms, the Orchestra will enthral audiences with a performance of Rodrigo’s sun-filled Concierto de Aranjuez.
The highlight of the evening will be Beethoven’s Symphony No.3, ‘Eroica’, the first great symphony to have captured the Romantic imagination. With the breathtaking sweep of the opening movement being counter balanced by a vast funeral march of nerve shredding intensity, this piece truly embodies a heroic spirit.