Alexander Sitkovetsky plays Beethoven in Hereford at Shire Hall, Hereford on Sunday 5th April 2020

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Alexander Sitkovetsky plays Beethoven in Hereford

Part of the English Symphony Orchestra 2019-20 Season

Add to my Calendar 05-04-2020 15:30 05-04-2020 17:30 36 Alexander Sitkovetsky plays Beethoven in Hereford The ESO’s annual side-by-side performances with the Herefordshire Youth Orchestra have become one of the hottest tickets of the year. This time, the two orchestras join forces for Dvořák’s New World Symphony and Three Gifts by the ESO’s John McCabe Composer-in-Association, Adrian Williams. Written for the National Children’s Orchestra, it is a touching series of character portraits of three of Williams’ friends, each of whom is living with a disability of some kind. Continuing the ESO’s celebration of Beethoven at 250, Alexander Sitkovetsky, one of the greatest violinists of his generation, returns to the Shirehall stage for Beethoven’s monumental Violin Concerto. Shire Hall, Hereford DD/MM/YYYY

Details

Shire Hall
St Peter's Square
Hereford
Herefordshire
HR1 2HX
England

Sunday 5th April 2020
3:30 PM

Programme

Adrian Williams – Three Gifts
Ludwig van Beethoven – Violin Concerto in D major, Op.61
Antonin Dvorak – Symphony no.9 in E minor 'From the New World', Op.95

Performers

Alexander Sitkovetsky – violin
Kenneth Woods – Conductor
Michael Karcher-Young – Conductor

English Symphony Orchestra
Herefordshire Youth Orchestra

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Programme Note

The ESO’s annual side-by-side performances with the Herefordshire Youth Orchestra have become one of the hottest tickets of the year. This time, the two orchestras join forces for Dvořák’s New World Symphony and Three Gifts by the ESO’s John McCabe Composer-in-Association, Adrian Williams. Written for the National Children’s Orchestra, it is a touching series of character portraits of three of Williams’ friends, each of whom is living with a disability of some kind. Continuing the ESO’s celebration of Beethoven at 250, Alexander Sitkovetsky, one of the greatest violinists of his generation, returns to the Shirehall stage for Beethoven’s monumental Violin Concerto.

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