Schønwandt Conducts Scheherazade (Edinburgh)

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Usher Hall Edinburgh, Scotland, EH1 2EA, United Kingdom

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Programme

Strauss, Richard (1864-1949)	Tod und Verklärung (Death and Transfiguration), Op.24
Ravel, Maurice (1875-1937)	Piano Concerto in D major for the left hand
Debussy, Claude (1862-1918)	Berceuse héroïque
Rimsky-Korsakov, Nikolay Andreyevich (1844-1908)	Scheherazade, Op.35

Performers

Royal Scottish National Orchestra
Michael Schønwandt	Conductor
Kirill Gerstein	Piano

A ruthless sultan, his beautiful young wife, and 1001 nights of stories from beyond the imagination. That was the inspiration behind Rimsky-Korsakov’s Scheherazade: a glittering, widescreen orchestral epic, drenched in full symphonic colour, and the climax of a concert that starts with Richard Strauss’ vision of the infinite, and features the ear-dazzling concerto that Ravel wrote for a pianist who’d lost an arm. Our soloist Kirill Gerstein can play it with one hand behind his back!

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