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Francesca da Rimini

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Francesca da Ri·mi·ni  (d rm-n, dä rm-n) Died c. 1285.
Italian noblewoman. Unhappily married, she fell in love with her brother-in-law. When her husband learned of the affair, he murdered his wife and brother, a tragedy recounted in Dante's Inferno.
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30pm AN evening dominated by compositions written by Tchaikovsky includes Stephen Hough performing Concert Fantasia in G minor for piano and orchestra, and cellist Steven Isserlis playing Variations on a Rococo Theme, followed by symphonic fantasy Francesca da Rimini.
SATELLITE PICK OF THE DAY by Daily Record (Glasgow, Scotland)
The concert also features Tchaikovsky's Francesca da Rimini and Symphony No 6.
Youth with spotlight on anniversary; Classical by Coventry Evening Telegraph (England)
Like a good British acting company doing Shakespeare, Russian musicians seem to bring out best of the dark, brooding soul of their music, and dark and brooding it was with excerpts from Tchaikovsky's "The Seasons," as well as his early incidental music for the drama stage play "The Snow Maiden," and the popular "Symphonic Fantasia" by Francesca da Rimini.
From Russia, with great art by Telegram & Gazette (Worcester, MA)
 
 
 
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