BSO: Smooth Valentine Classics

Celebrate Valentine’s Day with an evening of luscious symphonic classics offering some of the most romantic melodies ever written. The concert features the sensuous slow movements from three of the finest concertos for piano and Richard Addinsall’s Warsaw Concerto, as well as love themes from silver screen masterpieces by Ennio Morricone, James Horner and John Williams. Also included is Wagner’s musical love letter and Tchaikovsky’s passionate overture to Shakespeare’s star-crossed lovers, Romeo and Juliet. Make sure you make a date and treat a loved one.

Works:

Addinsell                             Warsaw Concerto
Wagner                                Seigfried Idyll
Ravel                                     Adagio from Piano Concerto in G
Puccini                                 Chrysanthemums
Debussy                               Clair de Lune
Mozart                                 Andante from Piano Concerto No.21
Morricone                           Love Theme from Cinema Paradiso
J Williams                           Princess Leia’s Theme
Offenbach                          Barcarolle
Rachmaninov                    Adagio from Piano Concert No.2
M Richter                           On the Nature of Day
J Horner                             On the Love of a Princess from Braveheart
Tchaikovsky                      Romeo and Juliet Fantasy Overture