Royal Concert Hall
sinfonia ViVA
Thursday 14 April 2011
7.30pm
Estimated finishing time: 9.15pm
Prices
Stalls £27, £24, £19, £16
Tier1 £32, £27
Tier2 £27, £24, £16, £10
Tickets subject to credit/debit card booking fee
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André de Ridder conductor
Johannes Hinterhölzer French horn
Fauré Masques and Bergamasques
Mozart Horn Concerto No.4
Ravel Pavane for a Dead Princess
Brahms Symphony No.3
France meets Austria in this programme from sinfonia ViVA, beginning with Fauré’s Masques and Bergamasques, his affectionate homage to the amateur dramatics of 18th-century French aristocrats. Mozart wrote his 4th horn concerto for Joseph Leutgeb, whose virtuosity prompted its winning blend of high-flying pyrotechnics and smooth refinement. The French horn also stars in Ravel’s Pavane for a Dead Princess, a tender vision of a young Spanish princess and her courtly world centuries earlier.
The great conductor Hans Richter declared the 3rd symphony to be Brahms’s ‘Eroica’ and it’s certainly one of the richest and most poetic of his works. Besides the composer’s broad melodies, thrillingly announced at the beginning in sweeping arcs, there’s a powerful rhythmic thrust and, at its heart, a pastoral slow movement that’s as beautiful as anything Brahms ever wrote.
Free pre-concert talk, 6.30pm in the auditorium: André de Ridder in conversation
AFTER:hours
9.30pm - 10.15pm, in the auditorium. Free admission to sinfonia ViVA ticket holders. £3 for non-ticket holders (doors only).
Takemitsu Requiem for Strings
Greenwood Popcorn Superhet Receiver
A co-promotion with ORCHESTRA Live.
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