Concert #2

May 21, 2023

Melbourne Recital Centre

PROGRAMME:

BRAHMS - Variations on a Theme by Haydn

RACHMANINOV - Variations on a Theme by Paganini for Piano & Orchestra
Soloist - Stefan Cassomenos

ELGAR - Enigma Variations

Directed by Fabian Russell 

Our second Duality programme features 3 famous works from the classical repertoire – all in Variations! Brahms’s great overture expounding Haydn’s theme is then followed by the highly popular Rachmaninov Paganini tribute. Finally, what could be more dramatic than Elgar’s enigmatic symphonic poem? Is it joyous or mournful? Come and decide for yourself and join our best friends superstar pianist Stefan Cassomenos and conductor Fabian Russell.