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Maidstone Area Arts Council Forthcoming Orchestral Events
Spring 2012
MAIDSTONE SYMPHONY ORCHESTRA Saturday 4 February 7.30pm at Mote Hall Conductor: Brian Wright Soloist: Ben Hancox Vaughan Willams: Overture, The Wasps Nielsen: Violin Concerto Sibelius: Symphony No.1 MSO welcome back Kentish bred Ben Hancox for his third visit to play Nielsoen’s delightful neo-classic Violin Concerto. Sibelius’s tense and broodingly original 1st Symphony nevertheless owes much to the Russina heritage, particularly to the symphonies of Tchaikovsky. The concert starts with one of the best known short pieces by Vaughan Williams, his splendidly descriptive overture The Wasps Tickets £23.00, £19.00 and £10.00 from 01622 735830 (Mem Sec) 0845 1552277 (Leisure Centre) or www.mso.org.uk (SatNav ME15 7RN)
MAIDSTONE SYMPHONY ORCHESTRA Saturday 24 March 7.30pm at Mote Hall Conductor: Brian Wright Soloist: Tamsin Waley-Cohen Weber: Overture, Euryanthe Delius: On hearing the first cuckoo in spring Mendelssohn: Violin Concerto Schumann: Symphony No.1 “Spring” A concert to herald the Spring. Mendelssohn’s Violin Concerto has a wonderful spring-like freshness and we welcome a fine prize-winning young soloist in Tamsin Waley-Cohen. Weber’s Euryanthe Overture tells a tale of burgeoning love. Schumann originally gave the movements of his dynamic Spring Concerto some charmingly descriptive titles, while Delius’s title for his little tone poem says it all. Tickets £23.00, £19.00 and £10.00 from 01622 735830 (Mem Sec) 0845 1552277 (Leisure Centre) or www.mso.org.uk (SatNav ME15 7RN)
MAIDSTONE SYMPHONY ORCHESTRA Saturday 19 May 7.30pm at Mote Hall Conductor: Brian Wright Soloist: Maurizio Baglini Debussy: Fêtes/Nocturnes Beethoven: Piano Concerto No.3 Elgar: Symphony No.1 The superb Italian pianist Maurizio Baglini returns in Beethoven’s magnificent 3rd Concerto. Our starter is the evocative Fêtes, the second of Debussy’s Trois Nocturnes. We end our season with the glories of Elgar’s 1st Symphony. Often described as the musical epitome of Edwardian England, Elgar wrote of it being written with ‘love, a wide experience of human life, and a massive hope for the future’ Tickets £23.00, £19.00 and £10.00 from 01622 735830 (Mem Sec) 0845 1552277 (Leisure Centre) or www.mso.org.uk (SatNav ME15 7RN)
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