Postcards From Italy: Rossini & Mendelssohn
Gioachino Rossini: The Barber of Seville Overture
Camille Saint-Saëns: Piano Concerto No. 2
Felix Mendelssohn: Symphony No. 4, “Italian”
A sun-drenched journey through la dolce vita.
Travel through Venice, Florence, Rome, and Naples with a 20-something Mendelssohn, who captures all the sights and sounds in a symphony nicknamed “Blue Sky in A Major.” You’ll also visit with Italian opera superstar Rossini (a.k.a. Signor Crescendo) and Saint-Saëns’ Second Piano Concerto – performed by 18-year-old prodigy Sophia Liu – with its Neapolitan saltarello finale.
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