Tchaikovsky and Finzi at Oaklands School, Waterlooville on Saturday 7th July 2018

Please note: This concert is in the past and has already taken place.

Tchaikovsky and Finzi

Part of the Havant Orchestras 2017-18 Season

Add to my Calendar 07-07-2018 19:30 07-07-2018 21:30 36 Tchaikovsky and Finzi Our season of concerts at Oaklands comes to a dramatic close with three works inspired by fictional or personal battles. Borodin based his opera ‘Prince Igor’ on an ancient Russian epic tale which tells of the war of Igor against the Polovtsian tribes in 1185.  The music is dramatic, intense and full of great energy. The English composer, Gerald Finzi, wrote his Cello Concerto shortly after being diagnosed with a life-shortening illness and the first movement contains more than a hint of his internal struggle with this.  He also gives us a more serene portrait of his wife in the second movement.  Our soloist has played with HSO before, back in the 1980s, and he is one of the most famous cellists in the country, Raphael Wallfisch.  We are thrilled to be able to work with him on the Finzi concerto – a work which is very close to his heart. Fate was a recurring theme for Tchaikovsky who struggled all his life with emotional turmoil and uncertainty.  With the Symphony no. 4 he began to pour out his melodies in a more autobiographical way and this music is full of emotion and potential for impending doom or triumph! Oaklands School, Waterlooville DD/MM/YYYY

Details

Oaklands School
Stakes Hill Road
Waterlooville
Hampshire
PO7 7BW
England

Saturday 7th July 2018
7:30 PM

Programme

Aleksandr Borodin – Prince Igor: Overture
Pyotr Tchaikovsky – Symphony no.4, Op.36
Gerald Finzi – Cello Concerto

Performers

Raphael Wallfisch – Cello
Jonathan Butcher – Conductor
Richard Miller – Conductor

Havant Symphony Orchestra

Programme Note

Our season of concerts at Oaklands comes to a dramatic close with three works inspired by fictional or personal battles.

Borodin based his opera ‘Prince Igor’ on an ancient Russian epic tale which tells of the war of Igor against the Polovtsian tribes in 1185. The music is dramatic, intense and full of great energy.

The English composer, Gerald Finzi, wrote his Cello Concerto shortly after being diagnosed with a life-shortening illness and the first movement contains more than a hint of his internal struggle with this. He also gives us a more serene portrait of his wife in the second movement. Our soloist has played with HSO before, back in the 1980s, and he is one of the most famous cellists in the country, Raphael Wallfisch. We are thrilled to be able to work with him on the Finzi concerto – a work which is very close to his heart.

Fate was a recurring theme for Tchaikovsky who struggled all his life with emotional turmoil and uncertainty. With the Symphony no. 4 he began to pour out his melodies in a more autobiographical way and this music is full of emotion and potential for impending doom or triumph!

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