Concerts

Sunday 17 March 2013 • 7.45pm

The Forum Theatre, Malvern

DAVID COHEN

Sibelius                Symphony No 4

Dvorák                 Cello concerto in B minor 

 

Michael Lloyd • conductor

David Cohen • cello

Brahms is said to have remarked, “Why on earth didn’t I know that one could write a cello concerto like this?” Dvorák’s second cello concerto was lengthier, more dramatic and just immeasurably superior to all its predecessors. We are delighted that Belgian tour-de-force, David Cohen, joins us again for what we are sure will be a thrilling performance.

Sibelius’s fourth Symphony is said to be a struggle with despair.  But was the mood of foreboding due to his own personal terrors, or a sense of impending war in Europe?

Tickets £10-14, child half price, plus concessions from Malvern Theatres.

Sun 15 September 2013  • 7.45pm

The Forum Theatre, Malvern
 

The YOUNG MUSICIAN SHOWCASE

Shostakovich         Violin concerto No 1 

Smetana                  Má Vlast: Vltava;  Sárka
Mussorgsky            Pictures at an exhibition                     (orch. Ravel)

Richard Laing • conductor

Jacqueline Martens • violin  

(Winner Chandos Young Musician 2012)

Written whilst Shostakovich was being denounced, this concerto had to wait seven years for its première. Shostakovich’s personal cipher DSCH makes an appearance whilst the mood of the work swings from darkly dramatic to devil-may-care abandonment. Jacqueline Martens reprises her superb competition-winning performance.

The orchestra gets the chance to show its paces in two evocative works from two fiercely nationalist composers, with Chandos associate conductor Richard Laing.

Tickets £10-14, child half price, plus concessions from Malvern Theatres.

Sun 24 November  2013 •  7.30pm

The Forum Theatre, Malvern
A concert to honour the bi-centenaries of Verdi & Wagner
 

The FORCE OF DESTINY 200

Verdi & Wagner bi-centenary

Verdi                  Overture, The Force of Destiny

                             Ballet Music from Macbeth
Wagner            Die Walküre  Act 1

Michael Lloyd • conductor

Stephanie Corley • Soprano

John Llewelyn Evans • Baritone

TBC • Bass

Two of opera’s greatest composers, Richard Wagner and Guiseppe Verdi are celebrated as we mark their bi-centenaries.  Each took operatic theatre in a totally fresh direction, whilst their legacies continue to inspire devoted opera-lovers. Terrific music by Wagner and Verdi, still loved by millions, comes to the Malvern platform.

A trio of high calibre performers including Stephanie Corley as Siegelinde, and John Llewelyn Evans as Siegmund, (Hunding tba) join Michael Lloyd and Chandos for  an evening of opera heaven.

 

Tickets £10-14, child half price, plus concessions from Malvern Theatres.