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BBC Scottish Symphony Orchestra: The Fiddlers Child

City Halls : Grand Hall

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Leading Czech conductor Petr Altrichter, conducts the ebullient Eighth Symphony, the sunniest of Dvorák’s symphonies, full of lilting melodies and infectious, folk dance-inspired rhythms. Australian pianist Piers Lane joins the orchestra in Martinu’s brilliantly jazzy first piano concerto of 1925. Janácek’s evocative ‘ballad’ for orchestra The Fiddler’s Child has a starring role for the orchestra’s distinguished leader Elizabeth Layton.

6.15pm Pre-Concert Prelude (in the Recital Room): Jan Smaczny, Hamilton Harty Professor of Music at Queen’s University Belfast, and a well known authority on Czech music, explores the work of Martinu, Janácek and Dvorák.

Post-Concert Coda (approximately 10 minutes after the end of the main concert): Piers Lane and Elizabeth Layton perform music by Janácek and Dvorák.

This concert is part of the BBC SSO’s Bohemian Rhapsodies series.

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Tickets:  £23, £19, £16, £10

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Fees:

A transaction charge of £1.50 applies to all phone bookings.
A transaction charge of £1 applies to all online bookings.

Concessions

People with a disability and a companion - 50% discount

Tickets for school pupils - any single concert ticket for £5

Over 60's, SSO Club members, full time students - £2 off single ticket prices

Featuring:

BBC Scottish Symphony Orchestra

Petr Altrichter - Conductor

 

Piers Lane - Piano

Works:

Janácek - The Fiddler's Child

 

Martinu - Piano Concerto No 1

 

Dvorák - Symphony No 8

 

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