BBC Scottish Symphony Orchestra: Music by Mozart, Schumann and Beethoven at Leeds Town Hall, Leeds on Saturday 18th November 2017

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BBC Scottish Symphony Orchestra

Music by Mozart, Schumann and Beethoven

Part of the Leeds International Concert Season 2017/18

Add to my Calendar 18-11-2017 19:30 18-11-2017 21:30 36 BBC Scottish Symphony Orchestra   According to Mozart's own handwritten inventory of his music, the Masonic Funeral Music was written "on the death of brothers Mecklenburg and Esterházy" in November 1785. The music is dark and serious, in the manner of his Requiem K. 626. It is said to reflect Mozart's thoughts on mortality of the time, writing in his letters "Death, if we think about it soberly, is the true and ultimate purpose of our life. (The) image (of Death) holds nothing terrifying for me anymore; instead it holds much that is soothing and consoling!"   Schumann's Violin Concerto is his only violin concerto, and one of his works that remained relatively unknown until 80 years after it was completed. The three movement concerto is stylistically similar to Schumann's later works: objective and classical in manner. It was premiered in Berlin in 1937 by Georg Kulenkampff with the Berlin Philharmonic Orchestra. It is now recognised as being an important piece by Schumann.    Beethoven's 'Eroica' Symphony is quite possibly one of the most well-known symphonic pieces ever written. Beethoven didn't want to compromise on his music's communicative power, hence writing here one of the most victorious finales ever composed. The work is full of symphonic drama, power and stretches the symphony to limits not previously reached; it is considered an important piece in the transitioning from the Classical to Romantic periods.    This concert will be recorded for future broadcast on BBC Radio 3.   "Beethoven was doing for music what Napoleon was doing for society - turning tradition upside down." Gareth Jenkins on Symphony No 3 (Eroica) Pre-concert talk at 6.45pmJudy Blezzard discusses this evening's worksEntry is free to tickets-holders of the concert, but space is limited so please arrive early to avoid disappointment.  Leeds Town Hall, Leeds DD/MM/YYYY

Details

Leeds Town Hall
The Headrow
Leeds
LS1 3AD
England

Saturday 18th November 2017
7:30 PM

Programme

Wolfgang Amadeus Mozart – Funeral Music, K.477
Ludwig van Beethoven – Symphony no.3 in E flat major 'Eroica', Op.55
Robert Schumann – Violin Concerto in D minor, WoO 23

Performers

Ilan Volkov – Conductor
Ilya Gringolts – violin

BBC Scottish Symphony Orchestra

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Programme Note

According to Mozart's own handwritten inventory of his music, the Masonic Funeral Music was written "on the death of brothers Mecklenburg and Esterházy" in November 1785. The music is dark and serious, in the manner of his Requiem K. 626. It is said to reflect Mozart's thoughts on mortality of the time, writing in his letters "Death, if we think about it soberly, is the true and ultimate purpose of our life. (The) image (of Death) holds nothing terrifying for me anymore; instead it holds much that is soothing and consoling!"

Schumann's Violin Concerto is his only violin concerto, and one of his works that remained relatively unknown until 80 years after it was completed. The three movement concerto is stylistically similar to Schumann's later works: objective and classical in manner. It was premiered in Berlin in 1937 by Georg Kulenkampff with the Berlin Philharmonic Orchestra. It is now recognised as being an important piece by Schumann.

Beethoven's 'Eroica' Symphony is quite possibly one of the most well-known symphonic pieces ever written. Beethoven didn't want to compromise on his music's communicative power, hence writing here one of the most victorious finales ever composed. The work is full of symphonic drama, power and stretches the symphony to limits not previously reached; it is considered an important piece in the transitioning from the Classical to Romantic periods.

This concert will be recorded for future broadcast on BBC Radio 3.

"Beethoven was doing for music what Napoleon was doing for society - turning tradition upside down." Gareth Jenkins on Symphony No 3 (Eroica)

Pre-concert talk at 6.45pm
Judy Blezzard discusses this evening's works
Entry is free to tickets-holders of the concert, but space is limited so please arrive early to avoid disappointment.

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