APO | Bayleys Great Classics: Rach 2

Conductor Carlos Kalmar
Piano Lise de la Salle
Korngold (arr. Russ) The Sea Hawk: Suite
Rachmaninov Piano Concerto No.2
Schumann Symphony No.1 'Spring'

Korngold's spectacular score for that ultimate swashbuckler epic, the Errol Flynn movie The Sea Hawk, is a pure musical sugar hit. It will be some of the best fun that audiences will have all year.

With its achingly tender slow movement, Rachmaninov's concerto is a perennial favourite. The soloist must have fingers of steel and a poetic heart, and Lise de la Salle is such a musician.

In the early months of his marriage, a jubilant Schumann sketched a symphony in just four days. 'Spring' is the perfect nickname for the music of such exuberant, uncomplicated joy.

Notes Fund - Music for this concert has been supported by David Lovell.