Event Details
BBC SSO Thursday Night Series Dvorak's Cello Concerto
City Halls : Grand Hall
Please Note: This is a past event event.
Don't worry we have plenty more current events to choose from.
The Danish cellist Andreas Brantelid is only 23, but he reveals astonishing maturity, bringing youthful freshness and vigour. The Sunday Times
The climax of this beautifully balanced programme is, of course, the great cello concerto that perhaps more than any other work by Dvorák evokes the proud national spirit of his Czech homeland. It’s played by the outstanding young Danish cellist, former BBC Radio 3 New Generation Artist Andreas Brantelid. But the first half of the programme is just as powerful, with Sibelius’s lilting Rakastava and his extraordinary Fourth Symphony.
This is music which, as the great Sibelian Osmo Vänskä said, “has many questions and few answers”, and which the composer himself described as “a very important and great part of me.”
Prelude: 6.45pm in the Recital Room
1911 and all that: Andrew Manze discusses music and the world on the brink.
Post-Concert Coda (approximately 10 minutes after the main concert):
Pianist Graeme McNaught and members of the BBC SSO play Frank Bridge’s Phantasy Piano Quartet in F sharp minor, originally premiered in 1911.
Sign up to the BBC SSO's email newsletter
Tickets: £23, £19, £16, £10
Fees:
A transaction charge of £1.50 applies to all phone bookings.
A transaction charge of £1 applies to all online bookings.
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. Certain concerts in the Thursday Night Series may also be eligible for student Fonic Card Holders. For more details please go to: www.glasgowconcerthalls.com/foniccard
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.
FREE Tickets for Schools: We welcome school parties to City Halls for BBC SSO concerts. If you are a teacher interested in bringing a group, please telephone 0141-552 0909 and ask to speak to the BBC SSO's Outreach Producer.
