Friday, 7 December, 19.00, Great Guild
Bizet, Ravel, and Rimsky-Korsakov
Arta ARNICĀNE – piano
Conductor Jean-Claude CASADESUS
Programme:
Georges BIZET L'Arlésienne Suite
Maurice RAVEL Piano Concerto in G major
Nikolai RIMSKY-KORSAKOV Scheherazade
French conductor Casadesus, the owner of an Aznavourian vision, stems from a family of strong musical traditions. At his ripe age he brings Bizet’s famous L'Arlésienne to Riga, interplays with charming Latvian pianist Arta Arnicāne in Ravel’s brisk Piano Concerto, and goes on an enchanting sea voyage with Rimsky-Korsakov. An adventurous evening à la française.