Hungarian Radio Symphony OrchestraRiccardo Frizza conductor
Jeneba Kanneh-Mason piano
GLINKA Ruslan and Ludmila: Overture (6’)
RACHMANINOV Piano Concerto No.2 (33’)
Interval
BEETHOVEN Symphony No.3, “Eroica” (53’)
The Hungarian Radio Symphony Orchestra and its Chief Conductor, Riccardo Frizza, make a welcome return to Sheffield City Hall in a programme that promises to resonate long after the final note has been played. The concert opens with Glinka’s captivating and vibrant Overture to Ruslan and Ludmila before the spotlight shifts to Jeneba Kanneh-Mason.
Hailing from the remarkably gifted Kanneh-Mason family of seven musically-obsessed siblings, she turns her attention to Rachmaninov’s Second Piano Concerto which is renowned for its emotional depth. The transformative power of music will be heralded in Beethoven’s “Eroica”, a symphony that changed the classical music landscape forever.
