The Event
The Hallé
@ Cheltenham Town Hall
Tickets from £7.50
Sat 10th Mar 2012
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| Sat 10th Mar 2012 7:30pm | from £7.50 |
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Conductor Andrew Gourlay
Piano Alexander Romanovsky
Strauss, R
Serenade for Winds
Rachmaninov
Piano Concerto No.2
Mendelssohn
Symphony No.5 Reformation, Op.107
Wagner
Tannhäuser: Overture
Tonight we welcome Britain’s longest-established professional symphony orchestra and their exceptional assistant conductor, Andrew Gourlay, who will conduct Mendelssohn’s brilliant Reformation Symphony. After he triumphed conducting Mendelssohn in the prestigious Cadaqués International Conducting Competition, la Vanguardia wrote: “Gourlay was rightfully awarded the first prize for his good control of colour and tension for a Mendelssohn that connected with the orchestra: dynamic and highly expressive”.
Rachmaninov’s romantic and popular Second Piano Concerto featured memorably on the soundtrack to the much-loved film Brief Encounter, and is performed tonight by the extraordinarily gifted Ukrainian pianist Alexander Romanovsky, who was recently described by The New York Times as “special, not just as an extraordinary technician with a flair for colour and fantasy, but also a sensitive musician and lucid interpreter”.
The young Richard Strauss’ use of beautiful colours is showcased in his radiant Serenade for Winds, and the concert closes with Wagner’s sumptuous Overture to Tannhäuser.
More information
- Category: Music, Classical Music, Concert Series, Orchestral Concert Series
