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St Saviour's Church
25 Sandpit Lane
St Albans
Hertfordshire
AL1 4DF
England
Programme
William Walton – Portsmouth Point overture
Edvard Grieg – Piano Concerto in A minor, Op.16
~ Interval ~
Dmitry Shostakovich – Symphony no.10 in E minor, Op.93
Performers
Gabrielė Bekerytė – piano
Bill Carslake – Conductor
St Albans Symphony Orchestra
Programme Note
Doors will open at 6:50 p.m. for a 7:30 p.m. start. Refreshments will be available in the interval, between the concerto and the symphony. Artistic Director Bill Carslake conducts the St Albans Symphony Orchestra Composed in 1925 the Portsmouth Point Overture was inspired by Thomas Rowlandson's print depicting Portsmouth Point. Walton recalled that the main music had come into his mind whilst riding on a route 22 bus in London.
The Piano Concerto in A minor, Op. 16, composed in 1868, was the only concerto Grieg completed. It is one of his most popular works, and is among the most popular of the genre. Grieg was only 24 years old at the time of composition, and had taken inspiration from Robert Schumann's piano concerto, also in A minor.
Shostakovich’s epic Symphony No.10 was premiered in December 1953. The symphony is often seen as the composer’s commentary on the recent Stalinist era. But as so often in Shostakovich’s art, the exposition of external events is counterposed to the private world of his innermost feelings.
