August 7, 2010

2:00 pm

To mark the Schumann bicentenary in 2010, Johannes Fritzsch and the MSO join Australian soloists for two major works celebrating the orchestral genius of a composer who gloried in the depiction of feeling and passion. Li-Wei, praised by the New York Times for his “meltingly beautiful tone, flawless intonation and an ironclad technique,” returns to Melbourne to play the ravishingly beautiful Cello Concerto, while Melbourne’s own Amir Farid is soloist in the rarely-heard Introduction and Allegro Appassionato, written when Schumann was under the spell of Byron’s storm-tossed poetry. These pieces are framed by masterworks which, in turn, inspired, and were inspired by Schumann’s achievements: Mendelssohn’s magnificent concert overture and the sunset glow of Brahms’ Symphony No. 3.

Date: Saturday 7th August, 2010

Time: 2pm

Venue: Melbourne Town Hall, Cnr Swanston and Collins St, Melbourne.

Program:

• MENDELSSOHN Calm Sea & Prosperous Voyage
• SCHUMANN Cello Concerto in A minor, Op.129
• SCHUMANN Introduction and Allegro appassionato
• BRAHMS Symphony No.3 in F major, Op.90

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