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Just missed it: our spring concert! What a fabulous programme! Please go to the 'Future Concerts' page to see our November concert programme.
Saturday 21st May 2022, 7.30pm
St Laurence's Church, Ludlow
Jonathan Lyness - conductor
Claire Tocknell - leader
Matthew Sharp - cello
Dvorak: Cello Concerto in B minor
Brahms: Symphony No. 4 in E minor
This bold, romantic programme features two major blockbusters from the late nineteenth century. Dvorak composed his big-hearted cello concerto during his three-year stay in America immediately after completing his Symphony No. 9 From the New World. It was premiered in London in 1896, since when, it has been widely performed, becoming universally loved and admired for its beauty and its passion. The orchestra is delighted to welcome the internationally acclaimed cellist Matthew Sharp to perform this glorious work.
Brahms’s mighty fourth and final symphony caused much anguish for the composer and was written over two consecutive summers in the mid 1880s. It is a work of contrasts, from its clear and expressive first movement, to its gently melancholic second movement, to the fiery energy and exuberance of its scherzo third movement. The extraordinary final movement - a Passacaglia consisting of thirty variations and coda – provides a formidable and powerful conclusion to the symphony.
Praise for Matthew Sharp:
'freewheeling exuberance & blistering virtuosity' (BBC Music Magazine)
'extraordinary cellist - raised the evening to a pitch of spiritual feverishness rarely encountered in either concert hall or theatre.' (Independent)
'Matthew Sharp’s playing is captivating - so full-bloodied, dramatic and supple.' (The Strad)
Just missed it: our spring concert! What a fabulous programme! Please go to the 'Future Concerts' page to see our November concert programme.
Saturday 21st May 2022, 7.30pm
St Laurence's Church, Ludlow
Jonathan Lyness - conductor
Claire Tocknell - leader
Matthew Sharp - cello
Dvorak: Cello Concerto in B minor
Brahms: Symphony No. 4 in E minor
This bold, romantic programme features two major blockbusters from the late nineteenth century. Dvorak composed his big-hearted cello concerto during his three-year stay in America immediately after completing his Symphony No. 9 From the New World. It was premiered in London in 1896, since when, it has been widely performed, becoming universally loved and admired for its beauty and its passion. The orchestra is delighted to welcome the internationally acclaimed cellist Matthew Sharp to perform this glorious work.
Brahms’s mighty fourth and final symphony caused much anguish for the composer and was written over two consecutive summers in the mid 1880s. It is a work of contrasts, from its clear and expressive first movement, to its gently melancholic second movement, to the fiery energy and exuberance of its scherzo third movement. The extraordinary final movement - a Passacaglia consisting of thirty variations and coda – provides a formidable and powerful conclusion to the symphony.
Praise for Matthew Sharp:
'freewheeling exuberance & blistering virtuosity' (BBC Music Magazine)
'extraordinary cellist - raised the evening to a pitch of spiritual feverishness rarely encountered in either concert hall or theatre.' (Independent)
'Matthew Sharp’s playing is captivating - so full-bloodied, dramatic and supple.' (The Strad)
