For instance, one of his best-loved piano works, the E-flat Intermezzo, Opus 117, no.1, begins and ends with an especially beautiful melody.

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The weekend will launch with a rare opportunity for string players of grade 4 standard and above to play alongside Benedetti in a performance of the Intermezzo from Mascagni's Cavalleria Rusticana.

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