It is a tried-and-true program for an orchestra: overture, concerto, symphony. There are many other ways to do an orchestra concert. But overture-concerto-symphony is common for a reason: it has been ...

Cairo Symphony conducted by Hisham Gabr with cello soloist Ayman El-Hanbouly, took the Cairo and Alexandria audience on a journey through Romantic Europe with works from Rossini, Saint-Saëns and ...

Rossini's opera, Semiramide, is rarely performed; but the overture is always a popular inclusion in concert programmes. It's unusual for its time (1823) in that the musical themes are drawn from the ...

Gioacchino Rossini: “Semiramide” Overture Jean Sibelius: Violin Concerto in D minor, Op. 47 Johann Sebastian Bach: “Largo” from Sonata No.3 in C major, BWV 1005 Robert Schumann: Symphony No. 3 in ...

An old joke in opera circles goes that a semi-“ramide” is better than a whole one (I didn’t say it was a good joke). But for Rossini fans, this sprawling melodrama, “Semiramide” from 1823, represents ...