Spring Classics in Nottingham: Gems of the Concert Hall at Albert Hall, Nottingham on Saturday 26th March 2022

Please note: This concert is in the past and has already taken place.

Spring Classics in Nottingham

Gems of the Concert Hall

Add to my Calendar 26-03-2022 19:30 26-03-2022 21:30 36 Spring Classics in Nottingham Come and hear the Gems of the concert hall in Nottingham’s Albert Hall on Saturday 26th March at 7.30pm.   Nottingham Philharmonic Orchestra has chosen four unique pieces, introducing the concert with an Overture, written in 1834 by French composer Louise Farrenc.  She was a composer admired by both Berlioz and Schumann.  We follow with Mozart’s popular Sinfonia Concertante for violin and viola, played by our leader Clare Bhabra and viola principal Ann-Marie Shaw.  Coleridge-Taylor wrote his Othello Suite in 1909, commissioned by His Majesty’s Theatre, London for the Shakespeare play; ‘incidental music rich with haunting melodies’.  The concert concludes with Schumann’s 3rd Symphony, full of wonderful melodies and dramatic rhythms. Albert Hall, Nottingham DD/MM/YYYY

Details

Albert Hall
N Circus Street
Nottingham
Nottinghamshire
NG1 5AA
England

Saturday 26th March 2022
7:30 PM

Programme

Louise Farrenc – Overture in E minor, Op.23
Robert Schumann – Symphony no.3 'Rhenish', Op.97
Samuel Coleridge-Taylor – Othello Suite, Op.79
Wolfgang Amadeus Mozart – Sinfonia concertante in E-flat major, K.364/320d

Performers

Clare Bhabra – violin
Ann-Marie Shaw – viola
Mark Heron – Conductor

Nottingham Philharmonic Orchestra

Programme Note

Come and hear the Gems of the concert hall in Nottingham’s Albert Hall on Saturday 26th March at 7.30pm. Nottingham Philharmonic Orchestra has chosen four unique pieces, introducing the concert with an Overture, written in 1834 by French composer Louise Farrenc. She was a composer admired by both Berlioz and Schumann. We follow with Mozart’s popular Sinfonia Concertante for violin and viola, played by our leader Clare Bhabra and viola principal Ann-Marie Shaw. Coleridge-Taylor wrote his Othello Suite in 1909, commissioned by His Majesty’s Theatre, London for the Shakespeare play; ‘incidental music rich with haunting melodies’. The concert concludes with Schumann’s 3rd Symphony, full of wonderful melodies and dramatic rhythms.

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