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Astra Theatre, Triq ir-Repubblika, Victoria, Malta View map

Featuring:Malta Philharmonic OrchestraWayne Marshall - ConductorNarek Hakhnazaryan - CelloProgramme:Alexander Borodin - Prince Igor OverturePyotr Ilyich Tchaikovsky - Variations on a Rococo Theme, Op. 33Sergei Rachmaninov - Symphony No. 2 in E minor, Op. 27The Malta Philharmonic Orchestra....

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Featuring:
Malta Philharmonic Orchestra
Wayne Marshall - Conductor
Narek Hakhnazaryan - Cello

Programme:
Alexander Borodin - Prince Igor Overture
Pyotr Ilyich Tchaikovsky - Variations on a Rococo Theme, Op. 33
Sergei Rachmaninov - Symphony No. 2 in E minor, Op. 27

The Malta Philharmonic Orchestra heads off to Gozo for a concert which will see it tackle three great works from Russian composers, under the direction of renowned British conductor Wayne Marshall.

The concert opens with the overture to Borodin's famous opera Prince Igor, before the highly-acclaimed Armenian cellist Narek Hakhnazaryan joins the orchestra for a performance of Tchaikovsky's Variations on a Rococo Theme, one of the clearest examples of the composer's love for classical-era music and for Mozart in particular.

Rounding off the event is a performance of Rachmaninov's Second Symphony. A disastrous première of his First Symphony had sent the composer into a deep depression and shaken his confidence. Therapy helped him recover his mood, and the success of the Second Symphony his sense of self-worth as a symphonist.