London City Orchestra 5th Anniversary Concert at Regent Hall (The Salvation Army), London on Saturday 10th March 2018

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London City Orchestra 5th Anniversary Concert

Add to my Calendar 10-03-2018 19:30 10-03-2018 21:30 36 London City Orchestra 5th Anniversary Concert We are delighted to invite you to London City Orchestra's 5th Anniversary Concert in Regent Hall.Under the baton of Music Director Pablo Urbina, we celebrate 100 years since the birth of Leonard Bernstein with one of his most popular masterpieces - Symphonic Dances from West Side Story - a famous re-imagining of Shakespeare's 'Romeo and Juliet' into a New York gang warfare setting, full of jealous rivalries and passion. We also mark 125 years since the death of Tchaikovsky with his spectacular 1812 Overture, and 100 years since the death of Debussy with his beautiful Petite Suite. We are looking forward to welcoming back our guest conductor Philip Keller to conduct Mahler's rarely-heard Blumine - a piece originally part of Mahler's first Symphony which he then removed. Regent Hall (The Salvation Army), London DD/MM/YYYY

Details

Regent Hall (The Salvation Army)
275 Oxford Street
Mayfair
London
W1C 2DJ
England

Saturday 10th March 2018
7:30 PM

Programme

Leonard Bernstein – West Side Story: Symphonic Dances
Gustav Mahler – Blumine
Claude Debussy – Petite suite, L.65
Pyotr Tchaikovsky – 1812 Overture, Op.49

Performers

Pablo Urbina – Conductor

London City Orchestra

Programme Note

We are delighted to invite you to London City Orchestra's 5th Anniversary Concert in Regent Hall.

Under the baton of Music Director Pablo Urbina, we celebrate 100 years since the birth of Leonard Bernstein with one of his most popular masterpieces - Symphonic Dances from West Side Story - a famous re-imagining of Shakespeare's 'Romeo and Juliet' into a New York gang warfare setting, full of jealous rivalries and passion.

We also mark 125 years since the death of Tchaikovsky with his spectacular 1812 Overture, and 100 years since the death of Debussy with his beautiful Petite Suite.

We are looking forward to welcoming back our guest conductor Philip Keller to conduct Mahler's rarely-heard Blumine - a piece originally part of Mahler's first Symphony which he then removed.

Pablo Urbina, Music Director of London City Orchestra

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