The Paris Connection at The Halls, Norwich on Saturday 10th December 2022

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The Paris Connection

Add to my Calendar 10-12-2022 19:30 10-12-2022 21:30 36 The Paris Connection The December concert falls on the exact date of César Franck’s 200th anniversary and the orchestra perform his evergreen Symphony in D minor in a programme of works all with a Paris connection. Stravinsky wrote his firstgreat ballet score, The Firebird, for the 1910 Paris season of Sergei Diaghilev’s Ballets Russes company and this concert features the Suite from the ballet in the 1919 version. The soloist in Poulenc’s tuneful and tender Piano Concerto is Mark Bebbington, whose 2020 recording of the concerto with the RPO on the Resonus label was shortlisted for the 2021 Gramophone Awards. The Halls, Norwich DD/MM/YYYY

Details

The Halls
St Andrew's Plain
Norwich
Norfolk
NR3 1AU
England

Saturday 10th December 2022
7:30 PM

Programme

Cesar Franck – Symphony in D Minor
Igor Stravinsky – The Firebird Suite, 1945
Francis Poulenc – Piano Concerto, FP 146

Performers

Mark Bebbington – piano
Matthew Andrews – Conductor

Norwich Philharmonic Orchestra

Programme Note

The December concert falls on the exact date of César Franck’s 200th anniversary and the orchestra perform his evergreen Symphony in D minor in a programme of works all with a Paris connection. Stravinsky wrote his first
great ballet score, The Firebird, for the 1910 Paris season of Sergei Diaghilev’s Ballets Russes company and this concert features the Suite from the ballet in the 1919 version.

The soloist in Poulenc’s tuneful and tender Piano Concerto is Mark Bebbington, whose 2020 recording of the concerto with the RPO on the Resonus label was shortlisted for the 2021 Gramophone Awards.

Norwich Philharmonic Orchestra - December 2022 Concert

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