Jeneba Kanneh-Mason & Bath Philharmonia
Tue, 14 Feb
|The Forum
Fall in love with the music at a performance of some of the most romantic and heartfelt orchestral pieces ever written featuring sensational rising star pianist Jeneba Kanneh-Mason performing Rachmaninov’s passionate and evocative 2nd Piano Concerto.
Time & Location
14 Feb 2023, 19:30
The Forum, Avon, 1A Forum Buildings, Bath BA1 1UG, UK
About the Event
A concert for Valentine’s Night to fall in love with, featuring some of the most passionate music ever written for orchestra including Verdi’s Overture to The Force of Destiny (Stella Artois advert), Masacagni’s beautiful Intermezzo (featured in the films Raging Bull and The Godfather III) and the Prelude and Leibstod from Wagner’s opera Tristan and Isolde (Baz Luhrmann’s Romeo & Juliet). Discover the seldom played but nevertheless stunningly romantic Serenadefrom the Swedish nineteenth century composer Elfrida Andree, and the gentle and tender Lyric by American composer George Walker. Rachmaninov’s iconic 2ndPiano Concerto, played by the astonishing Jeneba Kanneh Mason, was made famous as the soundtrack to David Lean’s film Brief Encounter and evokes longing and loss both on an intimate and orchestral scale. A perfect date night to spend with lovers, with friends or just with the music.
Tickets £35/£30/£25/£5 under 18s
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Full programme:
Giuseppe Verdi, The Force of Destiny: Overture [arr. Tony Burke]
Sergei Rachmaninov, Piano Concerto No. 2 [arr. Iain Farrington]
INTERVAL
Pietro Mascagni, Intermezzo from Cavalleria rusticana [arr. Mikel Toms]
Charles Camilleri, Concertino for Clarinet and Strings, Mvt II
Elfrida Andrée, Andante from Serenade, Mvt II
Richard Wagner, Prelude & Liebstod from Tristan and Isolde [arr. Iain Farrington]