The composers of the Romantic era liked their landscapes untamed, their stories sensational and their emotions larger-than-life – so that’s exactly what conductor Jac van Steen delivers tonight. Mendelssohn conceived his ‘Scottish’ Symphony at twilight in Edinburgh, as he wandered the ruins of Holyrood Abbey: what follows is a sweeping musical drama of mist-covered moors and warring clans. Wagner’s Overture to Rienzi is even more over the top: a rip-roaring musical swashbuckler inspired by a tale of bloody rebellion amid the ruins of Rome. You simply have to hear it! And in between… well, we have a real treat for you as we present the newly crowned winner of the 2024 Hastings International Piano Concerto Competition, Curtis Phill Hsu. A star in the making, Curtis performs Schumann’s sublime Piano Concerto.

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Mendelssohn, Schumann and Wagner

Cadogan Hall 

The composers of the Romantic era liked their landscapes untamed, their stories sensational and their emotions larger-than-life – so that’s exactly what conductor Jac van Steen delivers tonight.

Curtis Phill Hsu

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