Royal Philharmonic Orchestra

Wed 28 Nov 2012 8pm

Butterworth Hall: £11.50 - £36, Under 26s £12 (+ booking fee)

Conductor: Rory Macdonald

Musicians: Natasha Paremski - piano, Mike Allen - trumpet

Composer: Vaughan Williams, Shostakovich, Sibelius, Delius

Vaughan Williams – Fantasia on a theme by Thomas Tallis
Shostakovich – Concerto for Trumpet & Piano
Interval
Delius – The Walk to the Paradise Garden
Sibelius – Symphony No.5

“Today I saw 16 swans. One of the greatest experiences of my life. God, what beauty!” From that transcendent vision, Sibelius created the finale of his Fifth Symphony. It’s one of the greatest, but simplest, tunes ever written – and once you’ve heard it, you’ll never forget it. So it’s the ideal climax to a concert that glows with some of the most ravishing sounds in 20th Century music.

Vaughan Williams’ Tallis Fantasia reawakens the spirit of medieval England in music of profound stillness and soaring passion, and Frederick Delius takes a story of doomed love and drenches it in sunset colours. Under the acclaimed young Scottish conductor Rory Macdonald, it all adds up to a wonderfully indulgent evening with the Royal Philharmonic Orchestra. But it’s not all serenity: with pianist Natasha Paremski and RPO trumpeter Mike Allen, Shostakovich’s zingy pre-war Concerto will go down like a shot of ice-cold vodka!

Pre-concert Talk
Conference Room 6.45pm. Tickets £2, Subscribers £1
Ian Maclay, Musical Director of Royal Philharmonic Orchestra in conversation with Natasha Paremski.

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Butterworth Hall

With a maximum capacity of 2000 standing or 1500 seated this concert hall has an outstanding natural acoustic and is the home of our International Concert Series, as well as the majority of our music gigs and big name comedians. Butterworth Hall has recently had a £6.9 million redevelopment and reopened in autumn 2009 .