Concert 3 - Wagner, Strauss and Rachmaninov

Maidstone Symphony OrchestraWagner - Prelude to Lohengrin Act 3
Richard Strauss - Oboe Concerto
Rachmaninov - Symphony no.2We've a whizz-bang start courtesy of Wagner and his effervescent Prelude to Act 3 of Lohengrin. There's then a big change of mood for Richard Strauss' beautiful Oboe Concerto, with its chamber music and pastoral feel. Written in 1945, it was one of the last works he composed, aged 81, during what is often described by biographers as his "Indian summer." Rachmaninov's Second Symphony has everything, with its lush, romantic tunes and big-scale orchestration. The manuscript was lost, but it finally re-emerged and was auctioned in 2014 for over 1.2 million.There'll be a lively and informative pre-concert talk from 6.40 to 7.10 pm.