Mendelssohn, Schumann and Wagner
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This event took place on Thursday 26 September 2024.
- Thursday 26 September 2024
- Cadogan Hall
Mendelssohn, Schumann and Wagner
Thu 26 Sept 2024
Need to know
Repertoire
- Wagner Rienzi: Overture
- Schumann Piano Concerto
- Mendelssohn Symphony No.3, 'Scottish'
Features
- Jac Van Steen Conductor
- Curtis Phill Hsu Piano
- Royal Philharmonic Orchestra
The composers of the Romantic era liked their landscapes untamed, their stories sensational and their emotions larger-than-life – so that’s exactly what conductor Jac van Steen delivers tonight. Mendelssohn conceived his ‘Scottish’ Symphony at twilight in Edinburgh, as he wandered the ruins of Holyrood Abbey: what follows is a sweeping musical drama of mist-covered moors and warring clans. Wagner’s Overture to Rienzi is even more over the top: a rip-roaring musical swashbuckler inspired by a tale of bloody rebellion amid the ruins of Rome. You simply have to hear it! And in between… well, we have a real treat for you as we present the newly crowned winner of the 2024 Hastings International Piano Concerto Competition, Curtis Phill Hsu. A star in the making, Curtis performs Schumann’s sublime Piano Concerto.
Kindly supported by Sarah and David Kowitz.
Large print versions and digital formats of the programme for this concert are available on request for customers with accessibility requirements. Please email your request to Doran Crowhurst crowhurstd@rpo.co.uk at least one full week before the performance.