Freddy Kempf - piano: Northern Chamber Orchestra at Stoller Hall, Manchester on Friday 28th September 2018

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Freddy Kempf - piano

Northern Chamber Orchestra

Part of the Manchester Concert Season 2018-19

Add to my Calendar 28-09-2018 19:30 28-09-2018 21:30 36 Freddy Kempf - piano The Northern Chamber Orchestra's first concert in Manchester in their 2018-19 season sees a programme full of turbulent energy and colossal music in the company of one of the greatest pianists of his generation, Freddy Kempf. The evening starts with the Hebrides overture, written by Mendelssohn after a memorable trip to Fingal’s Cave. This overture sets a suitably dramatic scene before Beethoven’s great C minor piano concerto written at a time when the composer was coming to terms with impending deafness. The concerto demonstrates that he was not going to accept his situation meekly, and in the last movement he seems to be confronting his condition with an almost irascible humour. Beethoven’s deafness was even more apparent to him when he penned his 3rd symphony, a truly ground-breaking work that despite his great emotional struggles ends in almost joyful triumph. Stoller Hall, Manchester DD/MM/YYYY

Details

Stoller Hall
Hunts Bank
Manchester
M3 1DA
England

Friday 28th September 2018
7:30 PM

Programme

Felix Mendelssohn – Hebrides Overture 'Fingal's Cave', Op.26
Ludwig van Beethoven – Symphony no.3 in E flat major 'Eroica', Op.55
Ludwig van Beethoven – Piano Concerto no.3 in C minor, Op.37

Performers

Freddy Kempf – piano
Nicholas Ward – Artistic Director

Northern Chamber Orchestra

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Programme Note

The Northern Chamber Orchestra's first concert in Manchester in their 2018-19 season sees a programme full of turbulent energy and colossal music in the company of one of the greatest pianists of his generation, Freddy Kempf. The evening starts with the Hebrides overture, written by Mendelssohn after a memorable trip to Fingal’s Cave. This overture sets a suitably dramatic scene before Beethoven’s great C minor piano concerto written at a time when the composer was coming to terms with impending deafness. The concerto demonstrates that he was not going to accept his situation meekly, and in the last movement he seems to be confronting his condition with an almost irascible humour. Beethoven’s deafness was even more apparent to him when he penned his 3rd symphony, a truly ground-breaking work that despite his great emotional struggles ends in almost joyful triumph.

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