DAVID FRAY, Piano

Alexander Shelley, conductor
Naples Philharmonic

Programme
Schumann — Piano Concerto
Wagner — Tristan and Isolde, an Orchestral Passion

Naples Philharmonic Programme Note
British conductor Alexander Shelley makes his Naples Philharmonic debut in a program featuring two romantic works inspired by love. Wagner’s epic opera Tristan and Isolde was inspired by a 12th-century romance and became one of the most influential works of the late 19th and early 20th centuries. In 1994, Dutch composer and arranger Henk de Vlieger created an orchestral compilation of music from this great opera into Tristan and Isolde – an Orchestral Passion. The seven sections of this arrangement focus solely on the ill-fated lovers, Tristan and Isolde, and the magnificent music Wagner wrote. In addition, French pianist David Fray performs Schumann’s virtuosic Piano Concerto, written for his beloved wife, Clara.