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Turner Sims Concert Hall
University Southampton
Salisbury Road
Southampton
SO17 1BJ
England
Programme
Carl Maria von Weber – Der Freischütz: Overture
Wolfgang Amadeus Mozart – Ah, lo previdi, K.272
Dmitry Shostakovich – String Quartet no.8 in C minor, Op.110 (arr. Rudolf Barshai as Chamber Symphony)
Ludwig van Beethoven – Symphony no.5 in C minor, Op.67
Performers
Tomáš Hanus – Conductor
Rebecca Evans – soprano
Welsh National Opera Orchestra
Programme Note
Join us for an unforgettable summertime concert of beautiful music and glorious singing.
Internationally renowned soprano Rebecca Evans joins forces with the celebrated WNO Orchestra, with WNO Music Director Tomáš Hanus at the podium, for a delightful summer concert.
With a wonderful mix of repertoire, the concert begins with the rousing overture to Weber’s Romantic opera ‘Der Freischütz’ (‘The Marksman’) and continues with the sublime Mozart concert aria ‘Ah, lo previdi’ sung by Rebecca Evans, which tells of the myth of Andromeda and her sacrifice.
Leading to the interval, you will hear the wonderful Chamber Symphony in C Minor famously arranged for orchestra by the conductor Rudolf Barshai from Shostakovich’s String Quartet No 8. The concert concludes with the brilliance and enduring beauty of Beethoven and the magnificent Fifth Symphony, considered to be one of the cornerstones of western classical music.
