Royal Philharmonic Orchestra
Venue: Cadogan Hall
Date: 09/05/2027
Type: Clasical music Music
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Love, moonlight and the wonders of Egypt: a sparkling French adventure with the RPO.
They do things differently in France. A vision of moonbeams, transformed into shimmering poetry?
A fairytale told in music so vivid that it went on to inspire Disney's Fantasia? Or a piano concerto written on a Nile cruise, complete with the sunlight, the bustle and even the croaking frogs that Saint-Saëns experienced on his holiday in Egypt?
It's all here in this feast of musical fantasy à la Francaise, conducted by Alain Altinoglu, one of the brightest (and most inspiring) stars of the current French scene.
The superb Polish-born pianist Lucas Krupinski stars in Saint-Saëns' joyous 'Egyptian' Concerto, and Nora Gubisch sings Chausson's ecstatic Poème: "The sea hurls itself into the sun's great embrace / they kiss on soft sand, where rolling breakers shine…"
Address:
Cadogan Hall, 5 Sloane Terrace, London, SW1X 9DQ
Phone: 020 7730 4500
Web site: https://cadoganhall.com