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Thrilling Beethoven, Butterworth and Vaughan Williams with The Hallé
A sensational evening of iconic classical music including Beethoven’s dramatic Fifth Symphony
Part of the Sheffield International Concert Season 2019/20
Add to my Calendar 21-03-2020 19:00 21-03-2020 21:00 36 Thrilling Beethoven, Butterworth and Vaughan Williams with The Hallé To celebrate Beethoven’s 250th Birthday, is there a more iconic symphony than Beethoven’s Fifth? Over two hundred years after the work’s premiere, its first movement’s ‘fate’ motif remains instantly recognisable. Sir Mark Elder and the Hallé are sure to draw out the work’s superb intensity, force and energy.There is contrast with George Butterworth’s six poignant settings of poems from A.E. Housman’s ‘A Shropshire Lad’. Having orchestrated these lovely songs himself, Roderick Williams is our esteemed soloist. The ill-fated Butterworth, who was killed on the Somme in 1916, was a pupil of Vaughan Williams. The latter’s Ninth Symphony, completed shortly before its composer’s death, is both highly lyrical and suffused with a mellow glow. Pre-concert talk with BBC Broadcaster Trisha Cooper starts at 6pm. Sheffield City Hall, Sheffield DD/MM/YYYYDetails
Sheffield City Hall
Barker's Pool
Sheffield
South Yorkshire
S1 2JA
England
Programme
Ludwig van Beethoven – Symphony no.5 in C minor, Op.67
~ Interval ~
George Butterworth – 6 Songs from A Shropshire Lad (arr. for strings and voice by R V Williams)
Ralph Vaughan Williams – Symphony no.9 in E minor
Performers
Sir Mark Elder – Conductor
Roderick Williams – baritone
The Hallé
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Programme Note
To celebrate Beethoven’s 250th Birthday, is there a more iconic symphony than Beethoven’s Fifth? Over two hundred years after the work’s premiere, its first movement’s ‘fate’ motif remains instantly recognisable. Sir Mark Elder and the Hallé are sure to draw out the work’s superb intensity, force and energy.
There is contrast with George Butterworth’s six poignant settings of poems from A.E. Housman’s ‘A Shropshire Lad’. Having orchestrated these lovely songs himself, Roderick Williams is our esteemed soloist. The ill-fated Butterworth, who was killed on the Somme in 1916, was a pupil of Vaughan Williams. The latter’s Ninth Symphony, completed shortly before its composer’s death, is both highly lyrical and suffused with a mellow glow.
Pre-concert talk with BBC Broadcaster Trisha Cooper starts at 6pm.
