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Marc-André Hamelin and The Chipping Campden Festival Orchestra
Part of the Chipping Campden 2026 Music Festival
Add to my Calendar 23-05-2026 19:00 23-05-2026 21:00 36 Marc-André Hamelin and The Chipping Campden Festival Orchestra The Festival Orchestra brings the curtain down on the 2026 Festival with two magnificent cornerstones of the Romantic era. Brahms' huge 2nd piano concerto represents the culmination of everything that Brahms had learned as a lifelong connoisseur of pianistic technique, and Schubert's beautiful last symphony, the "Great" C major is confident, outgoing, discursive and expansive in nature. ‘The grand romantic manner comes easily to Hamelin. Modern discipline, too, and his combination of finger power, firm engineering, caressing gentleness and playful wit makes him a natural for Brahms's second piano concerto’ (The Times) St James's Church, Chipping Campden DD/MM/YYYYDetails
St James's Church
Church Street
Chipping Campden
Gloucestershire
GL55 6JG
England
Tickets
Prices: £50 - £1
Season tickets: 25% discount if booking for the full Festival
Booking line: 01386 849018
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Programme
Johannes Brahms – Piano Concerto no.2 in B flat major, Op.83
Franz Schubert – Symphony no.9 in C major 'Great', D.944
Performers
Marc-André Hamelin – piano
Thomas Hull – Conductor
Ruth Rogers – Leader
Chipping Campden Festival Academy Orchestra
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Programme Note
The Festival Orchestra brings the curtain down on the 2026 Festival with two magnificent cornerstones of the Romantic era. Brahms' huge 2nd piano concerto represents the culmination of everything that Brahms had learned as a lifelong connoisseur of pianistic technique, and Schubert's beautiful last symphony, the "Great" C major is confident, outgoing, discursive and expansive in nature.
‘The grand romantic manner comes easily to Hamelin. Modern discipline, too, and his combination of finger power, firm engineering, caressing gentleness and playful wit makes him a natural for Brahms's second piano concerto’ (The Times)
