CGCO Plays Sibelius and Elgar: With Violinist Charlie Lovell-Jones and Conductor Cathal Garvey at St Peter's Church, London on Saturday 6th December 2025

CGCO Plays Sibelius and Elgar

With Violinist Charlie Lovell-Jones and Conductor Cathal Garvey

Add to my Calendar 06-12-2025 19:30 06-12-2025 21:30 36 CGCO Plays Sibelius and Elgar Sibelius: Symphony No. 6 Sibelius's Symphony No. 6, composed between 1914 and 1923, is a masterpiece of subtlety and restraint. Unlike the grand gestures of some of his earlier works, this symphony unfolds with a quiet, almost private intensity. The music is characterised by its fluid, organic development and the use of modal harmonies, which evoke a sense of the natural world and Finnish landscape. The symphony is structured in four movements, each linked seamlessly to the next, creating an impression of continuous flow. Its textures are transparent, with carefully balanced orchestration that often highlights woodwinds and soft brass, lending a pastoral and contemplative atmosphere throughout. Rather than dramatic climaxes, the work favours nuanced shifts in mood and colour. Sibelius’s Sixth Symphony stands as a testament to Sibelius’s unique voice within the early 20th-century symphonic repertoire.     Elgar: Violin Concerto Elgar's Violin Concerto is a profound and moving addition to the violin repertoire. Composed between 1918 and 1919, it uniquely showcases a deep emotional intensity that is balanced with lyrical elegance and subtle nuance. Its four expansive movements demand not only exceptional technical precision but also profound expressive depth from the soloist, skillfully weaving a rich tapestry of reflective melancholy alongside passionate and dramatic outbursts. The orchestral writing provides a lush yet transparent texture, carefully supporting the solo violin and allowing it to soar gracefully above intricate harmonic layers. This quintessentially British masterpiece offers audiences an immersive and deeply satisfying experience of late-Romantic beauty combined with introspective character. St Peter's Church, London DD/MM/YYYY

Details

St Peter's Church
Kensington Park Road
Notting Hill
London
W11 2PN
England

Saturday 6th December 2025
7:30 PM

Tickets

Prices: £18, £13 concessions £8 Under 16s
Book Tickets

Programme

Jean Sibelius – Symphony no.6 in D minor, Op.104
Edward Elgar – Violin Concerto, Op.61

Performers

Charlie Lovell-Jones – violin
Cathal Garvey – Conductor

Covent Garden Chamber Orchestra

Programme Note

Sibelius: Symphony No. 6

Sibelius's Symphony No. 6, composed between 1914 and 1923, is a masterpiece of subtlety and restraint. Unlike the grand gestures of some of his earlier works, this symphony unfolds with a quiet, almost private intensity. The music is characterised by its fluid, organic development and the use of modal harmonies, which evoke a sense of the natural world and Finnish landscape.

The symphony is structured in four movements, each linked seamlessly to the next, creating an impression of continuous flow. Its textures are transparent, with carefully balanced orchestration that often highlights woodwinds and soft brass, lending a pastoral and contemplative atmosphere throughout. Rather than dramatic climaxes, the work favours nuanced shifts in mood and colour.

Sibelius’s Sixth Symphony stands as a testament to Sibelius’s unique voice within the early 20th-century symphonic repertoire.

Elgar: Violin Concerto

Elgar's Violin Concerto is a profound and moving addition to the violin repertoire. Composed between 1918 and 1919, it uniquely showcases a deep emotional intensity that is balanced with lyrical elegance and subtle nuance. Its four expansive movements demand not only exceptional technical precision but also profound expressive depth from the soloist, skillfully weaving a rich tapestry of reflective melancholy alongside passionate and dramatic outbursts. The orchestral writing provides a lush yet transparent texture, carefully supporting the solo violin and allowing it to soar gracefully above intricate harmonic layers.

This quintessentially British masterpiece offers audiences an immersive and deeply satisfying experience of late-Romantic beauty combined with introspective character.

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