Work: Lyric Symphony, Op.18

This was one of those concert programmes that you will only find at the Proms – a richly varied group of works by Bayan Northcott, Mozart and Zemlinsky.

Edo de Waart, Music Director and Chief Conductor of the Hong Kong Philharmonic Orchestra, chose for his contribution to the 2011 Arts Festival works by two Germanic composers spanning the late Romantic and early modern periods who were almost exact contemporaries. Richard Strauss coincidentally was born seven years before and died seven years after Alexander von Zemlinsky.

Uno de los conciertos más destacados de lo que va de temporada que contó con la excepcional pianista Mitsuko Uchida y los solistas Christiane Karg y Christopher Maltman, a quienes la Orquesta Nacional complementó con una interpretación cuidada y equlibrada.