Luca Lione brings the radiance and warmth of Italy to London
Luca Lione is back in town with Warren- Mailley Smith’s Grand Tour of Italian piano music.
Two Waltzes by Rendano and Puccini were enough to set the scene in the intimate candlelit space of St Mary Le Strand. “Piccolo Valzer” was published in September 1894 and the inspiration for the work was suggested by the rocking of a boat on Lake Massaciuccoli, where Puccini loved to go fishing. It was subsequently re-elaborated by the composer and became one of the best known opera arias, Musetta’s solo “Quando me n’vo” in “La Bohème”. Played with glowing radiance and warmth by this young Italian pianist already on his third visit to London and now a fully fledged Professor at the Trapani Conservatory in Sicily.
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