Beatrice rana fantasy and virtuosity orchestra santa cecilia with daniel harding

Ready to embrace la dolce vita?
We begin in Italy, as Pyotr Ilyich Tchaikovsky flies us to fair Verona, home to our star-crossed lovers. Jean Sibelius had an anonymous patron dubbed «Mr X» who organised a trip to Venice for the Finnish composer to expand his horizons and compose his second symphony. Heading north-west to the rugged French Atlantic coast, where Sergei Prokofiev completed Piano Concerto N˚ 3 – a notoriously difficult work, but for Italian virtuoso Beatrice Rana, our Artist in focus this season, it should be a walk in the park.

The music: Piotr Ilitch Tchaïkovski: Roméo et Juliette; Sergueï Prokofiev: Concerto pour piano et orchestre N° 3; Jean Sibelius: Symphonie N° 2
The artists: Orchestra dell’Accademia Nazionale di Santa Cecilia – Roma; Daniel Harding (conductor); Beatrice Rana (piano)