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Work: Francesca da Rimini, Op.32

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ComposerTchaikovsky, Pyotr Ilyich (1840-1893)
PeriodRomantic
Year1876
Work typeOrchestral
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AmsterdamMarc Bouchkov plays Tchaikovsky’s Violin Concerto

Het Concertgebouw
Tchaikovsky
Orchestre Philharmonique Royal de Liège; Lionel Bringuier; Marc Bouchkov

RomePetr Popelka / Hélène Grimaud

Fondazione Accademia Nazionale di Santa Cecilia
Martinů, Gershwin, Tchaikovsky, Stravinsky
Orchestra dell'Accademia Nazionale di Santa Cecilia; Petr Popelka; Hélène Grimaud

ViennaORF RSO Wien • Thomas Adès • Nicolas Altstaedt • Dénes Várjon

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Ives, Kurtág, Adès, Tchaikovsky
Vienna Radio Symphony Orchestra; Thomas Adès; Nicolas Altstaedt; Dénes Várjon
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Whiplash! To hell and back with Thomas Adès and the LPO

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“Abandon hope all ye who enter here” could have been the strapline for this brilliantly constructed, brilliantly played concert featuring music by Sibelius, Tchaikovsky and Thomas Adès himself. 
*****
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Plunging into the abyss with Kirill Petrenko and the Berliners

A doom-laden trip to Dante's Inferno via Shakespeare's star-cross'd lovers and a voyage across the lake to The Isle of the Dead
*****
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A joust with fate and fantasy in Zurich

Under its new Chief Conductor Paavo Järvi, Zurich’s Tonhalle Orchestra features a riveting programme of works by Tchaikovsky and Copland with clarinettist Martin Fröst as soloist.

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Prelude to a kiss: Rachmaninov’s Francesca da Rimini

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The tale of Francesca and Paolo in Dante’s Inferno has inspired as many musical settings as paintings. Here, Mark Pullinger explores Rachmaninov’s neglected opera, Francesca da Rimini.

Bachtrack top ten: Dante Alighieri

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Mark and Elisabeth descend to Hell to find the right soundtrack for Dante Week and to mark the 700th anniversary of the poet’s death.