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St Albans Symphony Orchestra: Summer Concert
Part of the St Albans Symphony Orchestra 2018-19 Season
Add to my Calendar 06-07-2019 19:30 06-07-2019 21:30 36 St Albans Symphony Orchestra: Summer Concert Grieg was the first composer from Norway to achieve major international recognition, and it was his Piano Concerto that brought him his first great success. Devon-based pianist Veronika Shoot is a former pupil of the Yehudi Menhuin School and Hertfordshire’s Purcell School who has gone on to win international acclaim. Nielsen composed his Symphony No.4 in 1916 against the backdrop of the First World War. It is subtitled The Inextinguishable because he wanted it to be a manifesto for what he thought of as the fundamental lifeforce of music. St Saviour's Church, St Albans DD/MM/YYYYDetails
St Saviour's Church
25 Sandpit Lane
St Albans
Hertfordshire
AL1 4DF
England
Programme
Giuseppe Verdi – La Forza Del Destino: Overture
Carl Nielsen – Symphony no.4, Op.29
Edvard Grieg – Piano Concerto in A minor, Op.16
Performers
Veronika Shoot – piano
Tom Hammond – Conductor
Jennifer Wigram – Leader
St Albans Symphony Orchestra
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Programme Note
Grieg was the first composer from Norway to achieve major international recognition, and it was his Piano Concerto that brought him his first great success. Devon-based pianist Veronika Shoot is a former pupil of the Yehudi Menhuin School and Hertfordshire’s Purcell School who has gone on to win international acclaim.
Nielsen composed his Symphony No.4 in 1916 against the backdrop of the First World War. It is subtitled The Inextinguishable because he wanted it to be a manifesto for what he thought of as the fundamental lifeforce of music.
