Chester Philharmonic's Second 'High Five' at Chester Cathedral, Chester on Saturday 4th March 2017

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Chester Philharmonic's Second 'High Five'

Add to my Calendar 04-03-2017 19:30 04-03-2017 21:30 36 Chester Philharmonic's Second 'High Five' The second Cathedral Concert in the “High Fives” Season sees a performance of the dark brooding Fifth Symphony of Shostakovich. Composed in 1937 and later described as, “An expression of suffering to which the population had been subjected by Stalin,” it is non-the-less triumphant and tuneful. We will also hear Weber’s Clarinet Concerto performed by the BBC Philharmonic’s Principal Clarinet John Bradbury. The conductor is David Chatwin, also from the BBC Phil, and the concert commences with Rossini’s William Tell Overture, the tune you can’t hear without thinking of ‘The Lone Ranger.’  Chester Cathedral, Chester DD/MM/YYYY

Details

Chester Cathedral
Saint Werburgh Street
Chester
Cheshire
CH1 2DY
England

Saturday 4th March 2017
7:30 PM

Programme

Gioachino Rossini – William Tell: Overture
Carl Maria von Weber – Clarinet Concerto no.1 in F minor, Op.73
Dmitry Shostakovich – Symphony no.5 in D minor, Op.47

Performers

John Bradbury – clarinet
David Chatwin – Conductor

Chester Philharmonic Orchestra

Programme Note

The second Cathedral Concert in the “High Fives” Season sees a performance of the dark brooding Fifth Symphony of Shostakovich. Composed in 1937 and later described as, “An expression of suffering to which the population had been subjected by Stalin,” it is non-the-less triumphant and tuneful. We will also hear Weber’s Clarinet Concerto performed by the BBC Philharmonic’s Principal Clarinet John Bradbury. The conductor is David Chatwin, also from the BBC Phil, and the concert commences with Rossini’s William Tell Overture, the tune you can’t hear without thinking of ‘The Lone Ranger.’

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