Russian Classics: Rimsky-Korskov, Prokofiev and Tchaikovsky at St Peter and St Paul's Church, Tonbridge on Saturday 18th May 2019

Please note: This concert is in the past and has already taken place.

Russian Classics

Rimsky-Korskov, Prokofiev and Tchaikovsky

Add to my Calendar 18-05-2019 19:30 18-05-2019 21:30 36 Russian Classics A programme of Russian Classics featuring music by three musical giants - Rimsky-Korsakov, Prokofiev and Tchaikovsky - conducted by Tonbridge Philharmonic Society's new Music Director, Mark Biggins. The concert will open with Rimsky-Korsakov’s Sadko, Op.5. Often referred to as the first Russian tone poem, the bylina of Sadko is as significant in Russian folklore as the tale of Beowulf in Britain. The musical story-telling of Sadko paves the way for Prokofiev’s Violin Concerto No.1, to be performed by rising star Yume Fuijse, a BBC Introducing Classical artist and prize-winning recent graduate of London’s Royal College of Music. Written in the summer of 1917, the concerto was not heard until 1923, partly due to the difficulty in finding a soloist capable of and willing to play it! The piece includes some of the most rhapsodic music composed during the first quarter of the 20th century. The concert is set to conclude with Tchaikovsky’s Symphony No. 5, a monument to the Russian Romantic symphonic form, and depicting Tchaikovsky’s fascination with the concept of ‘Fate’. St Peter and St Paul's Church, Tonbridge DD/MM/YYYY

Details

St Peter and St Paul's Church
155 Church Lane
Tonbridge
Kent
TN9 1DA
England

Saturday 18th May 2019
7:30 PM

Programme

Nikolay Rimsky-Korsakov – Sadko (musical tableau), Op.5
Sergey Prokofiev – Violin Concerto no.1, Op.19
~ Interval ~
Pyotr Tchaikovsky – Symphony no.5 in E minor, Op.64

Performers

Yume Fujise – violin
Mark Biggins – Conductor

Tonbridge Philharmonic Society

Programme Note

A programme of Russian Classics featuring music by three musical giants - Rimsky-Korsakov, Prokofiev and Tchaikovsky - conducted by Tonbridge Philharmonic Society's new Music Director, Mark Biggins.

The concert will open with Rimsky-Korsakov’s Sadko, Op.5. Often referred to as the first Russian tone poem, the bylina of Sadko is as significant in Russian folklore as the tale of Beowulf in Britain. The musical story-telling of Sadko paves the way for Prokofiev’s Violin Concerto No.1, to be performed by rising star Yume Fuijse, a BBC Introducing Classical artist and prize-winning recent graduate of London’s Royal College of Music. Written in the summer of 1917, the concerto was not heard until 1923, partly due to the difficulty in finding a soloist capable of and willing to play it! The piece includes some of the most rhapsodic music composed during the first quarter of the 20th century. The concert is set to conclude with Tchaikovsky’s Symphony No. 5, a monument to the Russian Romantic symphonic form, and depicting Tchaikovsky’s fascination with the concept of ‘Fate’.

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