Chester Philharmonic's Russian Summer: The 4th in the 'High Five' Season at Chester Cathedral, Chester on Saturday 24th June 2017

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Chester Philharmonic's Russian Summer

The 4th in the 'High Five' Season

Add to my Calendar 24-06-2017 19:30 24-06-2017 21:30 36 Chester Philharmonic's Russian Summer The final concert in the season is a performance of Russian music. Richard Howarth will conduct the orchestra in a performance of Balakirev’s Overture on Three Russian Songs, Koussevitzky’s Double Bass Concerto, In the Steppes of Central Asia by Borodin and finally Tchaikovsky’s Symphony Number Five. The soloist and winner of the Chester Philharmonic/Chetham’s Concerto prize is Hannah Godfrey-Clarke. This concert concludes the 2016/17 ‘High Fives Season’ but, at the time of writing, it is proposed to continue the theme into 2017/18 with a performance of Mahler’s Fifth Symphony. Chester Cathedral, Chester DD/MM/YYYY

Details

Chester Cathedral
Saint Werburgh Street
Chester
Cheshire
CH1 2DY
England

Saturday 24th June 2017
7:30 PM

Programme

Mily Balakirev – Overture on 3 Russian Themes no.1
Serge Koussevitzky – Double Bass Concerto, Op.3
Aleksandr Borodin – In the Steppes of Central Asia
Pyotr Tchaikovsky – Symphony no.5 in E minor, Op.64 (arr. chamber orchestra by G Martin)

Performers

Godfrey Clarke Hannah – double bass
Richard Howarth – Conductor

Chester Philharmonic Orchestra

Programme Note

The final concert in the season is a performance of Russian music. Richard Howarth will conduct the orchestra in a performance of Balakirev’s Overture on Three Russian Songs, Koussevitzky’s Double Bass Concerto, In the Steppes of Central Asia by Borodin and finally Tchaikovsky’s Symphony Number Five. The soloist and winner of the Chester Philharmonic/Chetham’s Concerto prize is Hannah Godfrey-Clarke. This concert concludes the 2016/17 ‘High Fives Season’ but, at the time of writing, it is proposed to continue the theme into 2017/18 with a performance of Mahler’s Fifth Symphony.

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