The Philadelphia Orchestra: The Pines of Rome

Stéphane Denève - Conductor

Nicholas Angelich - Piano

PROGRAM
Berlioz - Roman Carnival Overture

Saint-Saëns - Piano Concerto No. 5 ("Egyptian")

INTERMISSION -

Connesson -

Respighi - The Pines of Rome

This engaging concert evokes Italy and Egypt (with a French accent). Berlioz presents all the color and excitement of a Roman carnival. Saint-Saëns composed his Fifth Piano Concerto in Luxor (hence the name); Nicholas Angelich serves up its exotic musical flavor with panache. Guillaume Connesson based his new work on a line from the Italian poet Giacomo Leopardi's The Calm after the Storm, while the Italian Respighi paints a landscape portrait as enduring as the Eternal City itself. Stéphane Denève leads our tour-de-force tour.

This concert will be LiveNote enabled.