Rhapsody

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Rhapsody

Liszt: Hungarian Rhapsody No.2
Ravel: Piano Concerto in G
Ravel: Suite, Mother Goose
Bartók: Suite, The Miraculous Mandarin

Gilbert Varga: conductor
Louis Schwizgebel: piano

In Hungary, they like their music spicy. Bartók’s The Miraculous Mandarin was considered so racy that it was actually banned in the 1920s – but returning guest-conductor Gilbert Varga has Hungarian blood, and tonight he conducts the suite, live and uncensored.

Liszt’s Hungarian Rhapsody sets things fizzing, before Leeds International Piano Competition prize-winner Louis Schwizgebel brings all his poetry and panache to Ravel’s dreamy Piano Concerto – music born under the Basque sun. Before things overheat, we’ll take a trip to Mother Goose’s enchanted garden: musical fairy tales for boys and girls of all ages.

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