An essential concert for all lovers of Tchaikovsky’s music, this programme celebrates the many facets of the composer’s style, from elegant poignancy, to unfettered emotion, to dancing good humour. Tchaikovsky’s Serenade for Strings was inspired by Mozart, a composer much admired by Tchaikovsky, who said of the Serenade that it was written ‘…from inner compulsion. This is a piece from the heart’.
The Violin Concerto was not much appreciated during Tchaikovsky’s lifetime, but its vibrant and heartfelt melodies have ensured that the work remains hugely popular with audiences today.
The programme concludes with unique arrangements of Tchaikovsky’s glorious Swan Lake, made by the concert’s acclaimed conductor, Barry Wordsworth.
Schumann's beautiful Piano Concerto, with soloist Natasha Paremski, and Dvořák's Symphony No.7, perhaps his greatest symphony, under the baton of Paul Daniel.
Tasmin Little plays Bruch's ravishing Violin Concerto No.1, followed by Tchaikovsky's joyous Symphony No.2, 'Little Russian', conducted by Bramwell Tovey.
Christoph Koenig conducts Ravel's Tombeau de Couperin, Elgar's deeply moving Cello Concerto, with soloist Jamie Walton, and Tchaikovsky's Fifth Symphony.
A magical concert full of festive cheer for all the family featuring popular classics, orchestral favourites, and a selection of music by composer and conductor Debbie Wiseman.
A must for Beethoven devotees, directed by pianist and conductor Freddy Kempf, featuring the Triple Concerto and Seventh Symphony. The exhilarating Fidelio Overture opens the programme.
Sibelius' Violin Concerto, with soloist Ju-Young Baek, and Brahms' Fourth Symphony, conducted by Grzegorz Nowak. Mendelssohn's Overture to A Midsummer Night's Dream opens the concert.
In the opening concert of the Summer Music Festival, Pinchas Zukerman performs J.S. Bach's Violin Concerto in A minor. Schoenberg's Verklärte Nacht and Mendelssohn 'Italian' Symphony complete the...
