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Hall for Cornwall, Truro

Rossini’s bright and sunny overture preludes one of the most famous and popular of all concertos – Rodrigo’s Concierto de Aranjuez for guitar. Suffused with sun-drenched melodies and a balmy Andalucian atmosphere, its achingly beautiful slow movement is perhaps the most sublime pieces of music ever written. The Spanish passion continues with Chabrier’s dazzling rhapsody and Rimsky-Korsakov’s vibrant and colourful suite. In contrast, Borodin’s tone poem evokes the sweeping plains of central Asia, whilst nightmarish visions abound in Mussorgsky’s dark and brooding depiction of a Witches Sabbath.