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Piano Concerto No 2 is a jubilant, humorous work composed for Shostakovich’s son, featuring a lyrical slow movement and a finale full of clownish energy.
The Scottish Symphony is a musical journey inspired by Mendelssohn’s visit to Scotland in 1829, capturing its landscapes, folklore, and history.
Fauré's Pelléas et Mélisande is a suite of incidental music for Maeterlinck's symbolist play - a love triangle which leads to tragedy, jealousy, and death.
Following the great success of this concert last year, another inclusive evening with Derek Paravicini and friends featuring young performers across the spectrum of neurodiversity.
Ryan Wang - BBC Young Musician of the Year 2024
The Overture of 1807 vividly shows Coriolanus's conflicted inner state through a fierce, rebellious theme in C minor representing the general and a tender, pleading theme in E-flat major for his mother.
Piano Concerto No 1 of 1798 is a work of youthful energy and classical poise, demonstrating his developing Romantic style within the formal structure of the Classical period.
Symphony No 7, composed in 1812 at the peak of his powers, is an energetic, rhythmically driven masterpiece often described as the "Apotheosis of the Dance".
Walton’s Viola Concerto is a 20th-century masterpiece for the "Cinderella instrument" of the viola, known for its melancholic opening, brisk scherzo, and eloquent epilogue.
‘Rach 2’ is a long, glorious, and deeply melodic Romantic symphony with soaring melodies, rich orchestral sound, and passionate, brooding atmosphere.
First half - Music composed in Auschwitz
Second half - Träumerei (Dreaming) from the 1838 piano cycle Kinderszenen (Scenes from Childhood) is a deeply sentimental and introspective composition, the gentle melody evoking a mood of quiet contemplation, nostalgia, and the bittersweet warmth of a childhood memory.
Metamorphosen (1845) is an elegiac, extended-movement work for 23 solo strings, that serves as a lament for the destruction of German culture and a mourning of the Nazi regime's defeat
From Jewish Life is a 1924 set of three pieces by Ernest Bloch, a Swiss-American composer whose work was deeply influenced by his Jewish heritage.