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Hope Church (Hoylake Chapel)
Station Road
Hoylake
Wirral
Merseyside
CH47 4AA
England
Programme
Pyotr Tchaikovsky – Francesca da Rimini, Op.32
Bohuslav Martinů – Symphony no.3, H.299
George Butterworth – The Banks of Green Willow
Maurice Ravel – Scheherazade
Performers
Barbara Ruzsics – mezzo soprano
Wirral Symphony Orchestra
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Programme Note
Two works both complement and contrast each other in tonight’s concert: Butterworth’s idyll contains both pastoral beauty and dark undercurrents, and although it pre-dates the 1914-18 Great War, is often linked to that conflict. Czech composer Martinů wrote his Third Symphony in 1944, and the symphony sees a transition toward a joyful mood as the dark years of World War II turn at the Normandy Landings.
The stories of Schéhérazade are perhaps best known through Rimsky-Korsakov’s orchestral suite; Ravel gives a very different, but equally beautiful treatment, here sung by soprano Barbara Ruzsics, returning after her acclaimed performance of Haydn’s Creation with WSO in 2016.
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Tickets: £13 standard, £11 concessions and £6 student/U16
£1 reduction if purchased in advance from:
Linghams, Heswall
Usher Travel, Liscard
Help Community Shop, Hoylake
Ezards Electrical – West Kirby
or Floral Pavilion 0151 666 0000 (booking charge applicable)
Remaining tickets on the door.
Enquiries: 0770 200 5409
www.wirralsymphony.co.uk
