Long Yu, conductor
GSO Honorary Music Director for Life , “[The] most powerful figure in China’s classical music scene”—The New York Times
Yuan Fang, Piano
“An amazing Chinese pianist who tugs at the heartstrings of the audience.”—SüddeutscheZeitung
HIGHLIGHT
Smetana’s The Bartered Bride is a charming and engaging opera based on a real story that took place in a Czech village. Rachmaninoff’s Rhapsody on a Theme of Paganini borrows the violin virtuoso’s celebrated caprice as a vehicle to display pianistic prowess. The multi-movement Symphonic Dances, Rachmaninoff’s final masterpiece, is a summation of the artist’s life and a token of longing for his native Russia.
PROGRAM
Subscription Concert 9
Organizers: Guangzhou Symphony Orchestra, Xinghai Concert Hall
2022.2.21（Mon.）20:00
Symphony Hall, Xinghai Concert Hall
Long Yu, conductor
Yuan Fang, piano
Guangzhou Symphony Orchestra
Nikolai Rimsky-Korsakov
Overture to The Tsar’s Bride
Sergei Rachmaninoff
Rhapsody on a Theme of Paganini, Op.43
1.Introduction: Allegro vivace
2.Variation I (Precedente)
Tema: L’istesso tempo
3.Variation II: L’istesso tempo
4.Variation III: L’istesso tempo
5.Variation IV: Più vivo
6.Variation V: Tempo precedente
7.Variation VI: L’istesso tempo
8.Variation VII: Meno mosso, a tempo moderato
9.Variation VIII: Tempo I
10.Variation IX: L’istesso tempo
11.Variation X: L’istesso tempo
12.Variation XI: Moderato
13.Variation XII: Tempo di minuetto
14.Variation XIII: Allegro
15.Variation XIV: L’istesso tempo
16.Variation XV: Più vivo scherzando
17.Variation XVI: Allegretto
18.Variation XVII: Allegretto
19.Variation XVIII: Andante cantabile
20.Variation XIX: L’istesso tempo
21.Variation XX: Un poco più vivo
22.Variation XXI: Un poco più vivo
23.Variation XXII: Un poco più vivo
24.Variation XXIII: L’istesso tempo
25.Variation XXIV: A tempo un poco meno mosso
Yuan Fang, piano
—— Intermission ——
Sergei Rachmaninoff
Symphonic Dances, Op.45
1.Non Allegro
2.Andante con moto (Tempo di valse)
3.Lento assai – Allegro vivace
