English Symphony Orchestra and Chloë Hanslip - Mendelssohn, Brahms and Schumann: The English Symphony Orchestra, hailed as the International Orchestra of Elgar Country, return to their historic home in Malvern Theatres for an evening of music by Brahms, Schumann and Mendelssohn at The Forum - Malvern Theatres, Malvern on Thursday 15th February 2018

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English Symphony Orchestra and Chloë Hanslip - Mendelssohn, Brahms and Schumann

The English Symphony Orchestra, hailed as the International Orchestra of Elgar Country, return to their historic home in Malvern Theatres for an evening of music by Brahms, Schumann and Mendelssohn

Part of the English Symphony Orchestra 2017-18 Season

Add to my Calendar 15-02-2018 19:30 15-02-2018 21:30 36 English Symphony Orchestra and Chloë Hanslip - Mendelssohn, Brahms and Schumann Chloë Hanslip (b 1987) has already established herself as an artist of distinction on the international stage. Prodigiously talented, she made her BBC Proms debut in 2002 and her US concerto debut in 2003, and has performed at major venues in the UK (Royal Festival Hall, Wigmore Hall), Europe (Vienna Musikverein, Hamburg Laeiszhalle, Paris Louvre and Salle Gaveau, St Petersburg Hermitage) as well as Carnegie Hall, Metropolitan Arts Space in Tokyo and the Seoul Arts Centre. She has collaborated with conductors such as Sir Neville Marriner, Sir Andrew Davis, Mariss Jansons, Paavo Järvi, Charles Dutoit, and Jeffrey Tate. For her ESO debut, Ms. Hanslip has chosen to play the Violin Concerto in D major by Brahms, one of the ultimate tests for any violinist. “Chloë is one of the most important artists of her generation,” says ESO Artistic Director, Kenneth Woods, who will conducting the programme. “She has a technical gift on the instrument that would be the envy of almost any other violinist, but what really sets her apart is her way of communicating and connecting with everyone, both her fellow musicians and the audiences. She’s an inspiration to everyone on stage, and her enthusiasm and passion for what she does always comes across to the audience.” Woods has chosen to build a programme around the Brahms that highlights a true-life story of musical friendships and collaborations. Brahms wrote his Violin Concerto for the great violinist Joseph Joachim, who was responsible for introducing Brahms to the older composer, Robert Schumann. It was Schumann who first recognised Brahms’s genius and was responsible for Brahms’s early fame. The concert includes a performance of Schumann’s much-loved “Rhenish” Symphony, a work that comes from the happy times when Brahms, Joachim and Schumann all shared a lively friendship and worked together on many musical projects. The concert opens with Mendelssohn’s Hebrides Overture. Mendelssohn was an important early supporter of Schumann’s music and conducted the first performances of several of Schumann’s orchestral works. “The intersection of Robert and Clara Schumann, Brahms, Joachim and Mendelssohn is a beautiful moment in the history of 19th Century music,” says Woods. “Somehow, all these geniuses managed to find each other and find a way to support each other and together, they shaped the musical world we know today.” The current 2017-8 concert season has seen the ESO progressing from strength to strength. Year-end accolades in 2017 included Gramophone Critics’ Choice best of 2017, two Recording of the Year awards from MusicWeb International and Forbes Magazine’s 10 Best Classical CDs of 2017. The ESO remain one of the regions’ leading cultural exports, and their recordings are regularly heard on radio broadcasts across North America, Asia and Australia. ‘Hanslip has remarkable depth. And she has the technique to support every musical expression. As impressive as her handling of such technical issues was, it was her ability to ‘sing’ out the long melodic lines that was most memorable. The fast final movement exploded with energy” Virginia Review “In the 'Rhenish’, Woods holds his own against such wonders as Sawallisch, Celibidache, Giulini and immediately becomes a favourite for this delectable work.” – ClassicalSource The Forum - Malvern Theatres, Malvern DD/MM/YYYY

Details

The Forum - Malvern Theatres
Grange Road
Great Malvern
Malvern
Worcestershire
WR14 3HB
England

Thursday 15th February 2018
7:30 PM

Programme

Felix Mendelssohn – Hebrides Overture 'Fingal's Cave', Op.26
Robert Schumann – Symphony no.3 'Rhenish', Op.97
Johannes Brahms – Violin Concerto in D major, Op.77

Performers

Chloë Hanslip – Violin
Kenneth Woods – Conductor

English Symphony Orchestra

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Programme Note

Chloë Hanslip (b 1987) has already established herself as an artist of distinction on the international stage. Prodigiously talented, she made her BBC Proms debut in 2002 and her US concerto debut in 2003, and has performed at major venues in the UK (Royal Festival Hall, Wigmore Hall), Europe (Vienna Musikverein, Hamburg Laeiszhalle, Paris Louvre and Salle Gaveau, St Petersburg Hermitage) as well as Carnegie Hall, Metropolitan Arts Space in Tokyo and the Seoul Arts Centre. She has collaborated with conductors such as Sir Neville Marriner, Sir Andrew Davis, Mariss Jansons, Paavo Järvi, Charles Dutoit, and Jeffrey Tate. For her ESO debut, Ms. Hanslip has chosen to play the Violin Concerto in D major by Brahms, one of the ultimate tests for any violinist.

“Chloë is one of the most important artists of her generation,” says ESO Artistic Director, Kenneth Woods, who will conducting the programme. “She has a technical gift on the instrument that would be the envy of almost any other violinist, but what really sets her apart is her way of communicating and connecting with everyone, both her fellow musicians and the audiences. She’s an inspiration to everyone on stage, and her enthusiasm and passion for what she does always comes across to the audience.”

Woods has chosen to build a programme around the Brahms that highlights a true-life story of musical friendships and collaborations. Brahms wrote his Violin Concerto for the great violinist Joseph Joachim, who was responsible for introducing Brahms to the older composer, Robert Schumann. It was Schumann who first recognised Brahms’s genius and was responsible for Brahms’s early fame. The concert includes a performance of Schumann’s much-loved “Rhenish” Symphony, a work that comes from the happy times when Brahms, Joachim and Schumann all shared a lively friendship and worked together on many musical projects. The concert opens with Mendelssohn’s Hebrides Overture. Mendelssohn was an important early supporter of Schumann’s music and conducted the first performances of several of Schumann’s orchestral works.

“The intersection of Robert and Clara Schumann, Brahms, Joachim and Mendelssohn is a beautiful moment in the history of 19th Century music,” says Woods. “Somehow, all these geniuses managed to find each other and find a way to support each other and together, they shaped the musical world we know today.”

The current 2017-8 concert season has seen the ESO progressing from strength to strength. Year-end accolades in 2017 included Gramophone Critics’ Choice best of 2017, two Recording of the Year awards from MusicWeb International and Forbes Magazine’s 10 Best Classical CDs of 2017. The ESO remain one of the regions’ leading cultural exports, and their recordings are regularly heard on radio broadcasts across North America, Asia and Australia.

‘Hanslip has remarkable depth. And she has the technique to support every musical expression. As impressive as her handling of such technical issues was, it was her ability to ‘sing’ out the long melodic lines that was most memorable. The fast final movement exploded with energy” Virginia Review

“In the 'Rhenish’, Woods holds his own against such wonders as Sawallisch, Celibidache, Giulini and immediately becomes a favourite for this delectable work.” – ClassicalSource

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