English Symphony Orchestra plays Schumann & Mendelssohn in Malvern with Zoë Beyers at Great Malvern Priory, Malvern on Wednesday 3rd April 2019

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English Symphony Orchestra plays Schumann & Mendelssohn in Malvern with Zoë Beyers

Add to my Calendar 03-04-2019 19:30 03-04-2019 21:30 36 English Symphony Orchestra plays Schumann & Mendelssohn in Malvern with Zoë Beyers Since her appointment as Leader of the ESO in 2017, violinist Zoë Beyers has quickly become an audience favourite as a featured soloist. For this concert in the beautiful Great Malvern Priory, Beyers turns her hand to Robert Schumann’s poetic and evocative Violin Concerto, his last completed work. The concert also includes one of Mozart’s most beloved overtures. and the beloved “Italian” Symphony by Schumann’s great friend and frequent collaborator, Felix Mendelssohn. Ms. Beyers will also be performing David Matthews’ beautiful Romanza for Violin and Strings. Join us at 6.30pm for a very special pre-concert event with author and critic Jessica Duchen,whose bestselling novel about the Schumann Violin Concerto, ‘Ghost Variations’, has been received with world-wide praise. Duchen will share the story of the origin and discovery of this most mysterious of all works, one of music’s great detective stories. This concert is part of David Matthews in the Heart of England, a year-long celebration of one of Britain’s most important composer on the 75th anniversary of his birth. Great Malvern Priory, Malvern DD/MM/YYYY

Details

Great Malvern Priory
Church Street
Malvern
Worcestershire
WR14 2AY
England

Wednesday 3rd April 2019
7:30 PM

Programme

Wolfgang Amadeus Mozart – The Marriage of Figaro, K.492: Overture
Robert Schumann – Violin Concerto in D minor, WoO 23
~ Interval ~
David Matthews – Romanza
Felix Mendelssohn – Symphony no.4 in A major 'Italian', Op.90

Performers

Zoe Beyers – Violin
Kenneth Woods – Conductor

English Symphony Orchestra

Programme Note

Since her appointment as Leader of the ESO in 2017, violinist Zoë Beyers has quickly become an audience favourite as a featured soloist. For this concert in the beautiful Great Malvern Priory, Beyers turns her hand to Robert Schumann’s poetic and evocative Violin Concerto, his last completed work. The concert also includes one of Mozart’s most beloved overtures. and the beloved “Italian” Symphony by Schumann’s great friend and frequent collaborator, Felix Mendelssohn. Ms. Beyers will also be performing David Matthews’ beautiful Romanza for Violin and Strings.

Join us at 6.30pm for a very special pre-concert event with author and critic Jessica Duchen,whose bestselling novel about the Schumann Violin Concerto, ‘Ghost Variations’, has been received with world-wide praise. Duchen will share the story of the origin and discovery of this most mysterious of all works, one of music’s great detective stories.

This concert is part of David Matthews in the Heart of England, a year-long celebration of one of Britain’s most important composer on the 75th anniversary of his birth.

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