II: BELLINCAMPI AND COLAFELICE • The Piano Concerto series
Carl Maria von Weber
Overture to the opera Euryanthe
Ludwig van Beethoven
Piano Concerto No. 3 in C minor, Op. 37
Richard Strauss
Symphonic poem Ein Heldenleben (A Hero’s Life) Op. 40
LEONARDO COLAFELICE on piano, ERSO, conductor GIORDANO BELLINCAMPI
Conductor Giordano Bellincampi will be returning to Estonia in January. The music director of the Auckland Philharmonic Orchestra will perform with ERSO for the fourth time This time, the programme features works by German composers. The concert will begin with the overture from Carl Maria von Weber’s opera Euryanthe, which, despite the failure of the opera itself, has remained a popular work in the concert repertoire. The second half will feature a performance of Richard Strauss’s musical autobiography Ein Heldenleben (A Hero’s Life).