Programme:       ELGAR                         In the South

                              CHOPIN                       Piano Concerto No.1

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                              RACHMANINOV          Symphony No.2

 

We are very pleased to welcome back the Polish National Radio Symphony Orchestra under their music director Jacek Kaspszyk.  American pianist Kevin Kenner joins the orchestra in a programme that includes Elgar’s In the South and Chopin’s romantic First Piano Concerto.  Elgar’s In the South was inspired by his admiration for Richard Strauss and echoes the German composer’s love of sumptuous orchestral textures.  We are very fortunate to have Kevin Kenner to play one of Chopin’s rare works for piano and orchestra.

In the second half the orchestra will play Rachmaninov’s Second Symphony, which expresses Rachmaninov’s great melodic gift and his extraordinary talent for rich orchestration.  This heartfelt, passionate symphony is now regarded by many as the culmination of the great romantic Russian symphonic tradition of the 19^th Century, before Shostakovich transformed the Russian symphonic tradition into something rather bleaker.

Seats: £28.50 (£25.00 concessions)

Senior Citizens Economy Seats: £19.50

Students: £15.00

 

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