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Details

Trinity Henleaze URC Church
Waterford Road
Henleaze

Bristol
BS9 4BT
England


Programme

Samuel BarberAdagio for Strings, Op.11
Wolfgang Amadeus MozartPiano Concerto no.11 in F major, K.413/387a
George GershwinPiano Concerto in F major

Performers

Viv McLean – piano

Bristol Ensemble

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Programme Note

Pre-concert talk with David Bednall at 6.45pm

We're delighted to welcome back the virtuoso pianist Viv McLean, a firm favourite in our annual season of concerts. This year he'll be performing Gershwin's Piano Concerto in F, a jazzy, optimistic, richly-textured work packed full of fabulous tunes and toe-tapping rhythms. It was commissioned by Walter Damrosch, conductor of the New York Symphony Orchestra, the day after he had heard the premiere of Rhapsody in Blue. By contrast, Mozart's Piano Concerto No.11 in F is as delicate, elegant and heartrendingly beautiful as you'd expect. Completing the American connection is Barber's passionate Adagio, in its original version for string quartet.

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