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Bayleys Great Classics: Romantic Journeys

21/11/24  to 21/11/24
7:30pm to 9:30pm Thursday, 21 November
Tchaikovsky Capriccio Italien Tchaikovsky Variations on a Rococo Theme Schumann Symphony No.3 ‘Rhenish’

Closes

Nov 21, 2024

Posted on

Oct 7, 2024

Event type:

Music ,

Price:

Tickets from $25 to $121

Venue:

Auckland Town Hall

Address:

301-303 Queen St, Auckland Central

Region:

Auckland ,

Written by

Auckland Philharmonia Orchestra
Oct 14, 2024

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.