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A dramatic programme! Cherubini’s Medea was admired by Beethoven, and the overture is a cracker.

Dvorák’s Legends tell no single story – instead they evoke the heroic, humorous, earthy and tragic aspects of myths and legends generally and, like the Violin Concerto, are steeped in the folk music of Dvorák’s native Bohemia.

Weber ultimately found fame as an opera composer – and this early symphony shows exactly why. It is full of atmospheric colour and dramatic gestures to catch the ear.

Please note that this concert will now be conducted by Rossen Milanov in place of Olari Elts. Bulgarian conductor Rossen is Artistic Director of The Philadelphia Orchestra at The Mann Center for the Performing Arts and Music Director of the New Symphony Orchestra in his native city of Sofia. He is also Chief Conductor of the Bulgarian National Radio Symphony. He makes his debut with the SCO in these concerts.

Milanov studied conducting at the Juilliard School (where he received the Bruno Walter Memorial Scholarship), the Curtis Institute of Music, Duquesne University, and the Bulgarian National Academy of Music. In 2005 he was chosen as Bulgaria’s Musician of the Year.

Photograph taken by Alvaro Yanez ©

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