Shostakovich Symphony No.5, Tchaikovsky Romeo & Juliet and Bruch: Bristol Concert Orchestra at St George's Bristol, Bristol on Saturday 3rd December 2016

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Shostakovich Symphony No.5, Tchaikovsky Romeo & Juliet and Bruch: Bristol Concert Orchestra

Add to my Calendar 03-12-2016 19:30 03-12-2016 21:30 36 Shostakovich Symphony No.5, Tchaikovsky Romeo & Juliet and Bruch: Bristol Concert Orchestra The thundering, sweeping, romantic drama and sumptuous melodies of Tchaikovsky's Romeo & Juliet open this concert with a nod to the Shakespeare400, before we invite two soloists onto the stage to join us for a rare performance of Bruch's gorgeous Concerto for Clarinet & Viola. To complete this winter warmer of a concert, what is surely Shostakovich's most popular Symphony - his 5th. Written as “A Soviet Artist’s Creative Reply to Just Criticism” in the fearful times of Stalinist Russia, many hear a darker subtext lurking beneath the outward life-affirming optimism of this 20th Century symphonic masterpiece. There will be a retiring collection for SWAN UK. Tickets £15, £13, £10, £8 (concessions £2 discount), children £1 [+fee] are available online at www.bristolconcertorchestra.org.uk or from St George's Bristol in person, online or by phone: 0845 40 24 001 St George's Bristol, Bristol DD/MM/YYYY

Details

St George's Bristol
Great George Street
Bristol
BS1 5RR
England

Saturday 3rd December 2016
7:30 PM

Programme

Pyotr Tchaikovsky – Romeo and Juliet (fantasia-overture)
Max Bruch – Double Concerto in E minor, Op.88
Dmitry Shostakovich – Symphony no.5 in D minor, Op.47

Performers

Asher Zaccardelli – viola
Nicholas Shipman – clarinet
Stefan Hofkes – Conductor

Bristol Concert Orchestra

Programme Note

The thundering, sweeping, romantic drama and sumptuous melodies of Tchaikovsky's Romeo & Juliet open this concert with a nod to the Shakespeare400, before we invite two soloists onto the stage to join us for a rare performance of Bruch's gorgeous Concerto for Clarinet & Viola.

To complete this winter warmer of a concert, what is surely Shostakovich's most popular Symphony - his 5th. Written as “A Soviet Artist’s Creative Reply to Just Criticism” in the fearful times of Stalinist Russia, many hear a darker subtext lurking beneath the outward life-affirming optimism of this 20th Century symphonic masterpiece.

There will be a retiring collection for SWAN UK.

Tickets £15, £13, £10, £8 (concessions £2 discount), children £1 [+fee] are available online at www.bristolconcertorchestra.org.uk

or from St George's Bristol in person, online or by phone: 0845 40 24 001

Bristol Concert Orchestra at St George's Bristol 3 Dec 2016

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