Splendour of Russia
Poetic Solitude
Rozhdestvensky, The Legend
16&17-3-2012
Fri & Sat 8PM
Hong Kong Cultural Centre Concert Hall
PROGRAMME
TCHAIKOVSKY
Piano Concerto No.2 (original version)
TCHAIKOVSKY
Piano Concerto No.2 (original version)
TCHAIKOVSKY
Manfred Symphony
TCHAIKOVSKY
Manfred Symphony
CELEBRATE THE ROYAL COUPLE OF CLASSICAL MUSIC
Standing firm as the country’s leading conductor through all the momentous changes which shook Russia during the latter half of the last century, Gennadi Rozhdestvensky is the world’s foremost interpreter of the great orchestral showpieces which emerged from Pre, Present and Post Soviet days. Rozhdestvensky and his wife, pianist Viktoria Postnikova, are regarded today as the Royal Couple of Russian music, and the Hong Kong Philharmonic is privileged to welcome them in a first-time collaboration here in an all-Tchaikovsky’s programme. In place of the drama and histrionics of the popular First, in his Second Piano Concerto Tchaikovsky turned to more subtle, personal and delicate means of expression, including a sublime passage for piano trio which stands as one of the most extraordinarily beautiful moments in the entire repertoire. Alongside this, Rozhdestvensky directs Tchaikovsky’s own highly charged re-take on the Byron epic which so inspired so many composers of the late 19th century.”
OTHER ACTIVITIES
Free Pre-concert Talk
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16/3 Fri 7:15pm - 7:45pm (English)
17/3 Sat 7:15pm - 7:45pm (Cantonese) |
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HK Cultural Centre Auditoria Building 4/F Foyer |
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| Speaker: |
Fri (English)
Raff Wilson
Director of Artistic Planning, HKPO
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Sat (Cantonese)
Li Chi-man
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