Rastrelli in Saint Petersburg

This is a concertino for oboe and string orchestra composed in the year 2000. It is dedicated to the baroque Russian architect of Italian origin Bartolomeo Rastrelli, who left his mark on Saint Petersburg with significant buildings such as the Winter Palace, Smolny Cathedral, and the Catherine Palace at Tsarskoye Selo.  more

Composition

Composer

Lorenzo Ferrero

Lorenzo Ferrero (born 1951 in Turin) is a contemporary Italian composer of orchestral, chamber, instrumental and vocal music, with a predilection for opera. He studied composition with Massimo Bruni and Enore Zaffiri at Turin Music Conservatory and earned in 1974 a degree in aesthetics from the...

Date completed:

  • 2000
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