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SUMMARY:June 2019 Concert
DESCRIPTION:The Piano Concerto in A minor was Grieg’s only large-scale orchestral work\, but is so well known and loved as to need no introduction and remains one of the most popular piano concertos ever written.  We welcome Bath-based pianist Nicola Meecham as our soloist. \nNorwegian Johan Halvorsen was a violinist\, conductor and composer of theatre music.  He was a great friend and admirer of Grieg’s and was married to the older composer’s niece.  His music follows the Romantic tradition of Grieg and his orchestral experience allowed him to develop an innovative instrumental style.  He did not write his three symphonies until his retirement – they were composed purely for his own personal pleasure and are firmly rooted in the late 19th century tradition of Brahms.  The lush\, sweeping melodies and colourful orchestration bring to mind the music of Russian composers such as Borodin.  This may well be the first non-professional performance of his Symphony No. 1 in this country and we hope you will agree that Halvorsen deserves to be much better known! \nHaving spent some time in Norway as a young man\, English composer Delius was well acquainted with both Grieg and Halvorsen.  The Walk to the Paradise Garden is taken from his opera A Village Romeo and Juliet.  The Paradise Garden is in fact a pub\, where the lovers meet and the scene is set for the ensuing tragedy.  This entr’acte glows with sumptuous Romantic harmonies and luscious orchestration. \n  \nOur soloist Nicola Meecham has performed internationally\, throughout the UK and at major venues\, including Wigmore Hall\, St John’s Smith Square\, and Queen Elizabeth Hall. She has appeared at prestigious festivals including Exeter\, King’s Lynn and Hebden Bridge and has performed in Holland\, Italy\, Belgium and the Czech Republic. Nicola has recorded two acclaimed CDs for independent record label SOMM\, with her recent CD of piano music by Tchaikovsky gaining outstanding reviews in the international music press. The Nocturne was featured on Spotify’s Classical New Releases playlist and has gained over 60\,000 plays to date. Her previous release of music by Enescu\, Janáček and Kodály received a top recommendation in the American Record Guide. \nNicola is a keen advocate of contemporary music and has given premieres of works by internationally renowned composers\, notably Henyrk Górecki and H K Gruber. In 2017 she curated and performed a recital of 20th and 21st century piano music\, including five world premieres\, entitled Voices of Night and Day\, at The Warehouse\, London. A prizewinner at the Royal Academy of Music\, Nicola has given broadcast recitals for BBC Radio 3 and for Dutch Radio\, and has featured on BBC Two.  She is a tutor at the Royal Welsh College of Music and Drama. \nFor further information\, please visit www.nicolameecham.co.uk
URL:https://www.bathsymphony.org.uk/event/june-2019-concert/
LOCATION:Wiltshire Music Centre\, Ashley Rd\, Bradford-on-Avon\, BA15 1DZ\, United Kingdom
CATEGORIES:Previous Concert
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SUMMARY:March 2019 Concert
DESCRIPTION:Rimsky-Korsakov’s Russian Easter Festival Overture features tunes based on Russian Orthodox chants\, and the mood ranges from solemnity to exuberant celebration.  \nThe Firebird is one of Stravinsky’s early ballets\, retelling an ancient Russian folk tale in which we meet a villainous ogre\, imprisoned princesses and the magical Firebird.  The gorgeous melodies and colourful orchestration remind us that Stravinsky was one of Rimsky-Korsakov’s pupils.  \nThe Symphonic Dances was Rachmaninov’s final composition\, and his continuing obsession with the Dies Irae chant and Russian church music conveys his sense of impending doom.  The brilliant scoring includes a piano\, alto saxophone and large percussion section.  A succession of lyrical melodies\, a waltz from a haunted ballroom and a whirling witches’ Sabbath lead to the triumphant ending\, in which ‘Death is swallowed up in Victory’.
URL:https://www.bathsymphony.org.uk/event/march-2019-concert/
LOCATION:Roper Theatre\, West Wing\, Hayesfield School\, Bath\, BA2 3LA\, United Kingdom
CATEGORIES:Previous Concert
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SUMMARY:December 2018 Concert
DESCRIPTION:‘Winter Wonderland’\nBath Symphony Orchestra presents a programme of winter themed music for all the family. \n Drawing from fairy tale operas\, ballet and film music we will present music portraying\, amongst others\, a wicked witch with a gingerbread house\, a fictitious military officer on a fast winter’s journey with a traditional Russian three-horse sled\, and the most evocative musical Christmas character of them all—the Sugar Plum Fairy! \nAdd in musical evocations of winter landscapes and sleigh rides and we promise you a perfect winter afternoon’s musical entertainment.
URL:https://www.bathsymphony.org.uk/event/december-2018-concert/
LOCATION:Wiltshire Music Centre\, Ashley Rd\, Bradford-on-Avon\, BA15 1DZ\, United Kingdom
CATEGORIES:Previous Concert
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SUMMARY:June 2018 Concert
DESCRIPTION:Our Czech programme opens with the fourth of Smetana’s cycle of patriotic tone poems\, Má Vlast. From Bohemia’s Forests and Meadows conjures up the feelings inspired by the Czech landscape\, from the grandeur of great forests to the exuberance of village festivals. \nViola player Laura Sinnerton joins the orchestra for Martinů’s melodic Rhapsody Concerto. Martinůe migrated to the USA in 1941 and the many Moravian folk tunes he employs express his longing for his native Czechoslovakia.  \nDvořák’s carefree Eighth Symphony is steeped in the atmosphere of the Czech countryside and features hunting horns\, bird calls and lively folk tunes. Along with his New World Symphony\, it has become one of Dvořák’s most popular works.
URL:https://www.bathsymphony.org.uk/event/june-2018-concert/
LOCATION:Wiltshire Music Centre\, Ashley Rd\, Bradford-on-Avon\, BA15 1DZ\, United Kingdom
CATEGORIES:Previous Concert
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SUMMARY:March 2018 Concert
DESCRIPTION:Our programme explores the expression of contrasting moods. En Saga was Sibelius’ first major tone poem. In spite of its title (‘A Story’) it is an abstract piece depicting the feelings inspired by the Finnish landscape. \nVariations on a Theme by Haydn is also a rather misleading title\, as the St Anthony Chorale tune on which Brahms based the work later turned out not to have been composed by Haydn — but its unique character is the basis for a set of variations exploring a wide variety of moods and colours. \nDanish composer Nielsen’s Second Symphony is subtitled The Four Temperaments and follows the idea of the four humours of Greco-Roman medicine — choleric\, melancholic\, sanguine and phlegmatic\, each of which is distinctively portrayed in music. The symphony was inspired by a comical picture the composer saw in a country pub and it quickly became one of Nielsen’s best-loved orchestral works.
URL:https://www.bathsymphony.org.uk/event/march-2018-concert/
LOCATION:Roper Theatre\, West Wing\, Hayesfield School\, Bath\, BA2 3LA\, United Kingdom
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SUMMARY:November 2017 Concert
DESCRIPTION:Bath Symphony Orchestra is pleased to announce a very special and exciting concert to mark the beginning of its 70th anniversary season. The orchestra will be joined by the highly acclaimed Bristol Choral Society.  \n Mahler’s Second Symphony is one of the most expansive symphonies ever written\, which will make this concert a spectacular aural and visual experience for all. Mahler demands an orchestra of more than one hundred performers\, two off-stage brass and percussion ensembles\, an organ\, two vocal soloists and a large choir that adds to the musical texture in the final movement. The enormity of the symphony makes it a rarely performed work. \n Written in five movements\, the symphony was influenced by Mahler’s interest in aspects of life and death\, redemption\, renewal and ultimately resurrection seen through an intense musical journey. However\, the work is less religious and more existential in nature than the subtitle might imply. \n As the Orchestra celebrates 70 years of making music to the highest standards\, join us at this rare opportunity to hear this vast and amazing symphony – a performance that is set to be an unmissable and memorable highlight of the musical year in Bath.
URL:https://www.bathsymphony.org.uk/event/november-2017-concert/
LOCATION:The Forum\, 1a Forum Buildings\, St James Parade\, Bath\, BA1 1UG\, United Kingdom
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