Shakespeare’s World – Zhang Yi and Volodin

09-04-2016 Saturday 8pm

Venue: Macao Cultural Centre Grand Auditorium

Piano／Alexei Volodin

Conductor／Zhang Yi

Programme:
Tchaikovsky: Overture-Fantasia “Hamlet”, Op. 67
Rachmaninoff: Rhapsody on a Theme of Paganini, Op. 43
Tchaikovsky: Suite No. 3 in G Major, Op. 55

“The man that hath no music in himself,
Nor is not moved with concord of sweet sounds,
Is fit for treasons, stratagems and spoils;
The motions of his spirit are dull as night
And his affections dark as Erebus:
Let no such man be trusted. Mark the music.”
-The Merchant of Venice

April 2016 marks the 400th anniversary of William Shakespeare’s eternal rest. Macao Orchestra specially presents two themed concerts, featuring the rare performed classical works. Led by Zhang Yi, chief conductor of the Symphony Orchestra from the Central Ballet Company in Beijing, and Russian pianist Alexei Volodin, this concert will demonstrate the sensibility and ecstasy of Sergei Rachmaninoff and Pyotr Ilyich Tchaikovsky.

Duration: approximately 1 hour and 40 minutes, including one interval