NSO Summer Lunchtime

Berlioz Roman Carnival 
Tchaikovsky Pezzo capriccioso 
Rossini Overture to Il signor Bruschino 
Paganini Variations on the ‘Moses’ Theme by Rossini 
Fauré Élégie  
Brahms Hungarian Dances Nos. 4 and 5

Take a whistle-stop tour from ancient Egypt to 18th-century France via Russia, Hungary and Italy with BBC Music Magazine Rising Star conductor Olivia Clarke and 2024 Maura Dowdall Prize-winning cellist, Andrés Vaccaro.  

Musical picture-postcards along the way include Berlioz’s romantic Roman Carnival, Tchaikovsky’s virtuosic Pezzo capriccioso, two exuberant Hungarian Dances by Brahms, and Fauré’s aching Élégie. Paganini’s Variations on a Theme from Rossini’s Moses in Egypt shows off the cello at its most expressive.  

Rossini himself provides a touch of mischief and mayhem with his lighthearted, tongue-in-cheek Overture to Il signor Bruschino.