Jennifer Pike plays Elgar's Violin Concerto at St George's Bristol, Bristol on Sunday 8th May 2016

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Jennifer Pike plays Elgar's Violin Concerto

Add to my Calendar 08-05-2016 19:30 08-05-2016 21:30 36 Jennifer Pike plays Elgar's Violin Concerto Britain’s best young violinist performs Elgar’s magnificent Violin Concerto! Thought to have been inspired by an affair with a close friend, the concerto contains some of Elgar’s most passionate and nostalgic music. Jennifer Pike, BBC Young Musician of the Year 2002, follows in a long line of distinguished violinists to have played the piece, including Yehudi Menuhin (conducted by Elgar himself), Albert Sammons and, more recently, Nigel Kennedy. This beautiful and deeply personal work follows two more English masterpieces: Elgar’s elegant Serenade for Strings, and Vaughan Williams’s serene 5th Symphony. St George's Bristol, Bristol DD/MM/YYYY

Details

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

Sunday 8th May 2016
7:30 PM

Programme

Edward Elgar – Violin Concerto, Op.61
Ralph Vaughan Williams – Symphony no.5 in D major
Edward Elgar – Serenade for String Orchestra in E Minor, Op.20

Performers

Jennifer Pike – Violin

Bristol Classical Players

Programme Note

Britain’s best young violinist performs Elgar’s magnificent Violin Concerto! Thought to have been inspired by an affair with a close friend, the concerto contains some of Elgar’s most passionate and nostalgic music. Jennifer Pike, BBC Young Musician of the Year 2002, follows in a long line of distinguished violinists to have played the piece, including Yehudi Menuhin (conducted by Elgar himself), Albert Sammons and, more recently, Nigel Kennedy. This beautiful and deeply personal work follows two more English masterpieces: Elgar’s elegant Serenade for Strings, and Vaughan Williams’s serene 5th Symphony.

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