Truro Choral Society's New Year Concert at Truro Cathedral, Truro on Monday 1st January 2018

Please note: This concert is in the past and has already taken place.

Truro Choral Society's New Year Concert

Add to my Calendar 01-01-2018 19:00 01-01-2018 21:00 36 Truro Choral Society's New Year Concert Following its hugely successful inaugural New Year concert, Truro Choral Society is returning to Truro Cathedral on New Year’s Day to see in 2018 with a choral and orchestral extravaganza full of popular works.The mixed programme will include Handel’s Hallelujah Chorus and Zadok the Priest, as well as Borodin’s rousing Polovtsian Dances. The choir will be accompanied by Truro Symphony Orchestra, who will also be performing Strauss’s Radetzky March and Tchaikovsky’s Nutcracker Suite (five movements). Paul Comeau will play the first and second movements of Rachmaninov's Piano Concerto No. 2 and Russell Pascoe’s joyous 2012 composition for the choir, Music!, will close the evening. Come and join the choir and musicians for an evening of celebration in the Viennese style. The earlier start time means audience members of all ages will have the opportunity to be part of the fun, too. Truro Cathedral, Truro DD/MM/YYYY

Details

Truro Cathedral
14 St Marys St
Truro
Cornwall
TR1 2AF
England

Monday 1st January 2018
7:00 PM

Programme

George Frideric Handel – Hallelujah Chorus
Pyotr Tchaikovsky – The Nutcracker: Excerpts
Johann Strauss I (the Elder) – Radetzky March, Op.228
Sergei Rachmaninov – Piano Concerto no.2: 1st and 2nd movements
Aleksandr Borodin – Prince Igor: Polovtsian Dances
George Frideric Handel – Zadok the Priest, HWV 258

Performers

Martin Palmer – Conductor
Paul Comeau – piano

Truro Symphony Orchestra

Programme Note

Following its hugely successful inaugural New Year concert, Truro Choral Society is returning to Truro Cathedral on New Year’s Day to see in 2018 with a choral and orchestral extravaganza full of popular works.

The mixed programme will include Handel’s Hallelujah Chorus and Zadok the Priest, as well as Borodin’s rousing Polovtsian Dances. The choir will be accompanied by Truro Symphony Orchestra, who will also be performing Strauss’s Radetzky March and Tchaikovsky’s Nutcracker Suite (five movements). Paul Comeau will play the first and second movements of Rachmaninov's Piano Concerto No. 2 and Russell Pascoe’s joyous 2012 composition for the choir, Music!, will close the evening.

Come and join the choir and musicians for an evening of celebration in the Viennese style. The earlier start time means audience members of all ages will have the opportunity to be part of the fun, too.

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