Paul Terracini | conductor
Daniel Herscovitch | piano
Antonia Todorova | violin
The work of Beethoven has often been called the culmination of the Classical era. The grandeur of the virtuoso composer’s final piano concerto is juxtaposed here with the passion of Tchaikovsky’s final symphony, composed in the final months of a complex and turbulent life. Cantilena Pacifica by Australian Richard Meale, who died in 2009, is a fine example of the lyrical style characteristic of much of the composer’s later work.
Beethoven – Piano Concerto No.5 in E-flat major, “Emperor”
Meale – Cantilena Pacifica
Tchaikovsky – Symphony No. 6 in B minor, “Pathétique”
