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Siqian Li piano PROGRAMME: Mozart Nine Variations on a Minuet by Duport in D, K.573 Scriabin Sonata-Fantasy No.2, Op.19 Wanghua Chu Jasmine Flower Fantasia Ravel La valse (arr. Korsantia) Liszt Sonata in B minor, S.178 Featured as a rising star in BBC Music Magazine, Chinese pianist Siqian Li brings elegance, dynamism and exceptional musical quality to her performances. Commended for her ‘virtuosity and talent’ (Annecy Classic Festival), her ‘huge emotional range and effortless pianistic control’ (Paul Lewis CBE), and her ‘graceful and touching’ (Emanuel…
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Nigel Kennedy returns to Malvern for the first time since 2017, alongside the Oxford Philharmonic Orchestra for a programme of Bach Violin Concertos. Nigel Kennedy will be the soloist in Bach's E Major and A minor concertos before being joined by violinist Anna-Liisa Bezrody for the double-concerto in D minor and by oboist Nicholas Daniel for the concerto for violin and oboe. In between the concertos, Nigel Kennedy will play two pieces of his own composition. Bach Violin Concerto No.2…
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Conducted by Kenneth Woods with Chloe Hanslip Violin The English Symphony Orchestra (ESO) returns to Malvern Theatres, conducted by Kenneth Woods. They are joined by soloist Chloe Hanslip for Tchaikovsky’s famous Violin Concerto. In the second half of the concert the orchestra perform Shostakovich’s Symphony No.5, written whilst the composer was living in fear during Stalin’s 1930s terror. Tchaikovsky: Violin Concerto in D Major Shostakovich: Symphony No. 5 in D Minor
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Programme: Mozart : Overture to the Magic Flute, K620 Mozart : Clarinet Concerto in A Major, K622 Strauss : Eine Alpinesinfonie, Op.64
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MET Opera Live in HD 23-24 Anthony Davis MET Premiere - Live Broadcast Anthony Davis’s groundbreaking opera, which premiered in 1986, arrives at the Met at long last. Robert O’Hara, who was nominated for a Tony Award in 2020 for his direction of Slave Play, oversees a new staging that imagines Malcolm as an everyman whose story transcends time and space. A cast of breakout artists take part in the operatic retelling of Malcom X’s life. Baritone Will Liverman,…
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Alina Ibragimova violin Pablo Hernán Benedí violin Emilie Hörnlund viola Claire Thirion cello Cédric Tiberghien piano PROGRAMME: Haydn String Quartet in D minor, Op.9 No.4 Beethoven String Quartet in E minor, Op.59 No.2 Brahms Piano Quintet in F minor, Op.34 Dubbed by Gramophone ‘a trailblazer for the authentic performance of high classical chamber music’, this international ensemble performs music of the classical and early romantic periods on gut strings and with historical bows. The Chiaroscuro Quartet’s unique sound…
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Wild Arts presents their popular Opera Show, featuring dramatic intrigue, jealousy and comedy. Follow the four characters' journeys through a lucid story that segues through over a dozen operas, with a programme including O mio Babbino Caro, the Act I Quartet from Beethoven's Fidelio alongside lesser-known pieces from Bellini, Weill and Handel, high drama from Tchaikovsky, and lively ensembles by Mozart, Rodgers and Hammerstein, and Rossini. A quintet of exceptional string players accompanies singers including the ‘exquisite’ Galina Averina who will soon make her Opera North début…
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ENGLISH SYMPHONY ORCHESTRA Conducted by Kenneth Woods With Maja Bogdanovic (cello) and Daniel Rowland (violin) Johannes Brahms - Double Concerto Jean Sibelius - Symphony No. 5 Steve Elcock - Fermature (world premiere) The ESO continues its 'Music for Humans' Season by examining the musical worlds of two of the most private and personal of composers: Brahms and Sibelius. Daniel Rowland and Maja Bogdanovic (who returns following her exceptional performance of Dvorak's Cello Concerto last January) are the soloists in Brahms's…
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MET Opera Live in HD 23-24 Daniel Catán MET Premiere - Live Broadcast Sung in Spanish and inspired by the magical realism of Gabriel García Márquez, Mexican composer Daniel Catán’s 1996 opera focuses on an opera diva, Florencia Grimaldi, who returns to her native Brazil to perform and to search for her lost lover, who has vanished into the jungle. The Met premiere stars soprano Ailyn Pérez as Florencia in a new production by Mary Zimmerman that brings the…
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Armonico Consort and Baroque Players The English Cornett and Sackbut Ensemble Directed by Christopher Monks Few countries celebrate Christmas like the Germans do, although the city of Venice comes pretty close! From the magisterial splendour of the Venetian baroque to the grand and huge scale works of the Michael Praetorius, one thing is certain – Christmas inspired composers to create the greatest tunes even back in the 16th & 17th Centuries! If you have never heard In Dulci Jubilo…
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