Bayleys Great Classics: Romantic Journeys
Closes
Nov 21, 2024Posted on
Oct 7, 2024Event type:
Music ,Price:
Tickets from $25 to $121Venue:
Auckland Town HallAddress:
301-303 Queen St, Auckland CentralRegion:
Auckland ,
Conductor Giordano Bellincampi
Cello Johannes Moser
Tchaikovsky Capriccio Italien
Tchaikovsky Variations on a Rococo Theme
Schumann Symphony No.3 ‘Rhenish’
Est. running time one hour and 30 minutes including a 20-minute interval
On holiday in Italy, Tchaikovsky collected folk tunes, bugle calls and dances, and tied them all loosely together in an exuberant confection.
If the Capriccio perhaps teeters rather splendidly on the edge of kitsch, his charming Rococo Variations is impeccably tasteful. Tchaikovsky adored Mozart and Haydn, and this delicate miniature cello concerto is his finest tribute to them.
Giordano Bellincampi brings more exuberance to finish the concert, in Schumann’s sunniest symphony. This is also holiday music, being inspired by an idyllic journey Schumann and his wife Clara took to the Rhineland.