Dvořák Symphony No.7, Mendelssohn & Stravinsky at Oxford Town Hall, Oxford on Wednesday 14th March 2018

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Dvořák Symphony No.7, Mendelssohn & Stravinsky

Add to my Calendar 14-03-2018 19:30 14-03-2018 21:30 36 Dvořák Symphony No.7, Mendelssohn & Stravinsky Dvořák's seventh symphony is often said to be his finest and also to be one of the most glorious of all symphonies, richly melodic and a work of depth and passion. Mendelssohn's First Piano Concerto is virtuosic and sparkles with brilliance and lyricism. Our soloist is the highly talented young pianist Magdalene Ho. Stravinsky composed his Symphony in Three movements in 1942-45, after emigrating to the USA. He said it had links in his imagination with cinematographic images of war and the music itself has echoes of his ballet score The Rite of Spring. Oxford Town Hall, Oxford DD/MM/YYYY

Details

Oxford Town Hall
Saint Aldate's
Oxford
Oxfordshire
OX1 1BX
England

Wednesday 14th March 2018
7:30 PM

Programme

Igor Stravinsky – Symphony in Three Movements
Felix Mendelssohn – Piano Concerto no.1 in G minor, Op.25
~ Interval ~
Antonin Dvorak – Symphony no.7 in D minor, Op.70

Performers

Magdalene Ho – piano

Oxford Symphony Orchestra

Programme Note

Dvořák's seventh symphony is often said to be his finest and also to be one of the most glorious of all symphonies, richly melodic and a work of depth and passion.

Mendelssohn's First Piano Concerto is virtuosic and sparkles with brilliance and lyricism. Our soloist is the highly talented young pianist Magdalene Ho.

Stravinsky composed his Symphony in Three movements in 1942-45, after emigrating to the USA. He said it had links in his imagination with cinematographic images of war and the music itself has echoes of his ballet score The Rite of Spring.

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