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West Road Concert Hall
11 West Road
Cambridge
Cambridgeshire
CB3 9DP
England
Programme
Sergey Prokofiev – Piano Concerto no.3 in C major, Op.26
Johannes Brahms – Symphony no.2 in D major, Op.73
Performers
Stephanie Childress – Conductor
Andreas Wildner – piano
Cambridge University Sinfonia
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Programme Note
For our final concert of Michaelmas, the Cambridge University Sinfonia are joined by two extremely talented student musicians, conducting scholar Stephanie Childress and CUMS Concerto Competition 2018 prize-winner pianist Andreas Wildner. Prokofiev’s best-known piano concerto and Brahms’ beloved second symphony make for masterful contrast and combination in this stirring concert by the Sinfonia.
The piano concerto joins Prokofiev’s characteristic sophistication and bravura with his typical humour and sarcasm, interspersed with moments of lush introspection, while the symphony reveals a gentle and cheerful Brahms, moving through vast and serene expanses. Brahms’ traditional impulses towards brooding Beethovenian energy are carefully balanced in this symphony with warm comfort and effervescent triumph. These two composers are masters of instrumental colour, and their approaches to variation and comedy deeply different yet complimentary.
