Event Details
BBC SSO Thursday Night Series Beethoven's 'Pastoral' Symphony
City Halls : Grand Hall
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Associate Guest Conductor Andrew Manze has put together some fascinating programmes for this Thursday Night Series, and here he starts with two contrasting works from the year 1911.
Described recently by The Guardian as “clearly a new star in the violin firmament”, Norwegian violinist Vilde Frang’s interpretation of Nielsen’s wonderfully lyrical, warm-hearted Violin Concerto will be one of the season’s highlights. George Butterworth’s tragic death in the Great War cut short a hugely promising career, and his beautiful Idylls show what a loss he was to English music. Beethoven’s ‘Pastoral’ Symphony needs no introduction but in Andrew Manze’s hands, expect it to come up fresh as new paint.
Prelude: 6.45pm in the Recital Room
An introduction to birds, bees and Beethoven: Andrew Manze asks “What is ‘pastoral’ music?”
Post-Concert Coda (approximately 10 minutes after the main concert):
A baritone from the RSAMD and Scott Mitchell, piano, give a performance of Six Songs from ‘A Shropshire Lad’, Butterworth’s masterful 1911 setting of part of AE Houseman’s poem.
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Tickets: £23, £19, £16, £10
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Concessions
Single Ticket Concessions: Over 60s and SSO Club members receive £2 off full price single tickets (proof of status required)
Registered Disabled: Disabled patrons and a companion will receive a 50% discount on any single full price ticket.
Students, Under 16s and Unemployed: Students in full time education, Under 16s & the Unemployed are entitled to £5 tickets (subject to availability). Proof of status may be required.
Groups: Bring a group of 10 and get one extra ticket free (that’s two free tickets for a group of 20, etc.). For details of group booking please call the box office on 0141-353 8000.
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Featuring:
Works:
Nielsen - Violin Concerto
