Romantic Epics | PSO

Originally conceived as part of a larger operatic score, the Polovtsian Dances present an exhilarating

spectacle for orchestra, followed by the soaring Romanticism of Khachaturian.

Lara Dowdeswell appears as soloist in Saint-Saëns mellifluous and virtuosic violin showpiece, the

Introduction and Rondo Capriccioso dazzles with its technical acrobatics and lyricism in equal measure.

Grandly pastoral but with darkness ever lurking, Brahms second symphony was written over the summer

of 1877, during a stay at the picturesque lakeside town of Pörtschach. This elegant and complex work

brims with melody and emotion.

ROMANTIC EPICS-BRAHMS & BORODIN

JENNY BOUNDS YOUNG COMPOSER PRIZE

BORODIN Polovtsian Dances

KHACHATURIAN Adagio of Spartacus and Phrygia

SAINT-SAËNS Introduction and Rondo Capriccioso

BRAHMS Symphony No. 2