Event listing: Romantic Adventures | Smith Square Hall | Sat 22 Jan 2011 at 19:30

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Antoine Tamestit, 11th February

Antoine Tamestit reflects on a much misunderstood work, initially rejected by Niccolò Paganini, and how he learnt to breathe life into the role of Byron's "Childe Harold".

Bachtrack top ten: Piano Concertos

Danny Riley, 11th October

We take a look at the ten most popular piano concertos of recent years.

See Fantasía para un gentilhombre (Fantasy for a Nobleman) in

Philadelphia, PA, United States

The Grand Tour

Helen Fraser, 22nd January

Last night’s concert programme read like the travelling itinerary of a young English aristocrat embarking on the fashionable “Grand Tour” of Europe. The concert began in Spain with Rodrigo’s Fantasia para un gentilhombre, a piece as imbued with the flavours of Spanish folk music as his more famous Concierto de Aranjuéz, also for guitar and orchestra.