Rodrigo's Fantasy

Evening Music | May 6, 2010

Joaquin Rodrigo wrote his popular guitar concerto "Fantasia para un Gentilhombre" (Fantasy for a Gentleman) at the request of Andres Segovia (the "Gentleman" of the title), basing it on dances by Baroque guitar master Gaspar Sanz. We'll hear it tonight with another masterful guitarist, John Williams; Louis Frémaux conducts the Philharmonia Orchestra.

Also, music by the alliterative brother/sister duo of Fanny and Felix Mendelssohn, and Brahms's Violin Concerto with soloist Ruggiero Ricci. Wrapping it up at the end of the evening is Bryden Thompson and the London Symphony in Ralph Vaughan Williams's lushly romantic "Pastoral" Symphony.

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