II. Andante assai

A melancholic string passage with a touch a clarinet, introduces the second movement. For a brief moment, we hear hints of jazz in the piano solo.

So gentle, yet masterful…

🎹: Danè van Graan
📸: The South African College of Music, UCT
🎻: The University of Cape Town Symphony Orchestra
📍: The Baxter Theatre


You may also like

African Bank’s ‘50 year celebration of audacity’
01:06
On the 18th of July, I had the honour of curating my own Performance Masterclass together with ...
Antonin Dvořàk - Symphony no.8 - IV. Allegro ma non troppo
11:15
The final movement famously begins with a striking trumpet call, after which the cellos ...
Antonin Dvořàk - Symphony no.8 - II. Adagio
11:35
Often described as the most varied slow movement in Dvořák's symphonic works, this Adagio ...
Antonin Dvořàk - Symphony no.8 - I. Allegro con brio
10:13
The movement begins with a somewhat somber tone for the low strings but quickly introduces a ...
III. Allegro scherzando
The third movement re-introduces the flirtatious fire between pianist and orchestra. Each ...
I. Allegro brioso
08:01
Sergei Prokofiev’s Piano Concerto no.1 opens with a souring melody between the pianist and ...
Loren Ehlers (b.2003) - Symphony in E minor
12:52
Symphony No.1 in E minor by South African composer Loren Ehlers was written between October ...

Leave a Reply