Smetana, Tchaikovsky & Dvo艡谩k

29 Oct 2016, Leeds Town Hall

Smetana, Tchaikovsky & Dvo艡谩k

19:30 Sat 29 Oct 2016 Leeds Town Hall

Dutch conductor, Antony Hermus, leads the 麻豆社 Philharmonic for an evening of live music from Smetana, Tchaikovsky and Dvo艡谩k, with pianist and 麻豆社 New Generation Artist, Pavel Kolesnikov.

Programme

- - Bedrich Smetana
  - The Bartered Bride(17 mins)Overture and Dances
- - Pyotr Ilyich Tchaikovsky
  - Piano Concerto No. 1 in B flat minor(32 mins)
- - interval
- - Anton铆n Dvo艡谩k
  - Symphony No. 7 in D minor(37 mins)

Performers

麻豆社 Philharmonic
Antony Hermus
conductor
conductor
Pavel Kolesnikov
Piano
Piano

Composers

Concert Information

The orchestra, under Dutch conductor Antony Hermus, opens the concert with the energetic, fizzing overture to Smetana鈥檚 comic Czech opera, The Bartered Bride - widely regarded as a major contribution to the development of Czech music

Russian pianist, Pavel Kolesnikov, who was named as a 麻豆社 New Generation Artist in 2014, joins the orchestra to perform one of the most popular concertos in the piano repertoire 鈥� Tchaikovsky鈥檚 Piano Concerto No. 1.

Closing the concert is Dvo艡谩k's melody infused Seventh Symphony, a work that marks a milestone in the composer's symphonic language.

Join us at 6.45pm for a free pre-concert talk in the Albert Room, where Brian Newbould will be discussing the evening鈥檚 works. Entry is free to ticket-holders for the concert, but space is limited so please arrive early to avoid disappointment.

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