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Bristol Concert Orchestra: Brahms Symphony No.3, Barber Violin Concerto & Rossini
Part of the Bristol Concert Orchestra 2020 Season
Add to my Calendar 14-03-2020 19:30 14-03-2020 21:30 36 Bristol Concert Orchestra: Brahms Symphony No.3, Barber Violin Concerto & Rossini Rossini's sparkling, effervescent overture to Semiramide raises the curtain on this concert of dramatic music under conductor Stefan Hofkes. To follow, Barber's intensely beautiful Violin Concerto, culminating in the rollercoaster of the breathless virtuosic perpetual motion finale - all to be played by wonderful soloist Eloisa-Fleur Thom making a welcome return with us at St George's Bristol. To finish, the Third and most lyrical and romantic of Brahms's Symphonies. On hearing a preview, fellow composer Dvorak wrote 'I say without exaggerating that this work surpasses his first two symphonies, certainly in—beauty...What magnificent melodies there are for the finding!' St George's Bristol, Bristol DD/MM/YYYYDetails
St George's Bristol
Great George Street
Bristol
BS1 5RR
England
Programme
Gioachino Rossini – Semiramide: Overture
Samuel Barber – Violin Concerto, Op.14
Johannes Brahms – Symphony no.3 in F major, Op.90
Performers
Eloisa-Fleur Thom – Violin
Stefan Hofkes – Conductor
Bristol Concert Orchestra
Programme Note
Rossini's sparkling, effervescent overture to Semiramide raises the curtain on this concert of dramatic music under conductor Stefan Hofkes.
To follow, Barber's intensely beautiful Violin Concerto, culminating in the rollercoaster of the breathless virtuosic perpetual motion finale - all to be played by wonderful soloist Eloisa-Fleur Thom making a welcome return with us at St George's Bristol.
To finish, the Third and most lyrical and romantic of Brahms's Symphonies. On hearing a preview, fellow composer Dvorak wrote 'I say without exaggerating that this work surpasses his first two symphonies, certainly in—beauty...What magnificent melodies there are for the finding!'
