Winter 2008/09 Concert Diary Highlights
PDF of Bath Philharmonia Winter 2008/09 Concert Highlights
Sat 27th September 2008
Programme:
Mozart - Symphony 31 (Paris)
Ravel - Tzigane
Dvorak - Romance
Mozart - Symphony 38 (Prague)
Soloist:
Nicola Benedetti - Violin
Conductor:
Jason Thornton
Location:
Bath Abbey
Launching Bath Phil’s inaugural Autumn/Winter Series is one
of Britain’s brightest young talents. Nicola Benedetti joins Bath
Phil for her first concerto appearance in the city with Ravel’s
gypsy-influenced mini concerto Tzigane, alongside Dvoˇrák’s
gloriously evocative Romance. Bath Phil explores the influence
on Mozart of Ravel’s and Dvoˇrák’s home cities, with his Paris
and Prague symphonies. A concert of sophisticated beauty.
6.30pm – Pre-concert talk with Jason Thornton at the Guildhall
Thu 4th December 2008
Programme:
Beethoven - Symphony 8
Wilby - Paganini Variations
Friedman - Slavonik Rhapsody
Janácek - Sinfonietta
Bath Spa Band will be playing in The Forum auditorium from
7.15-7.45pm as a warm-up prior the main concert.
Performing with: Fodens Brass Band
Conductors: Jason Thornton &
Gary Cutt
Location:
The Forum, Bath
Joining Bath Phil in a unique collaboration is British Brass Band
National Champions Fodens. Renowned for their exceptional
virtuosity and musicianship, it will be Fodens’ first visit to Bath.
Scored for a huge array of brass, Janácek’s masterpiece Sinfonietta
will be performed by the combined forces of Bath Phil and Fodens,
alongside Beethoven’s glorious 8th Symphony & classics from the
Brass Band repertoire. Expect magnificent virtuosic enormity.
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Thu 26th February 2009
Programme:
Mozart - Overture Marriage of Figaro
Barber - Violin Concerto
de Falla - Ritual Fire Dance
Mozart - Symphony 39
Soloist: Ruth Palmer - Violin
Conductor: Jason Thornton
Location: Bath Abbey
Winner of the Classical Brits Young Artist of the Year 2007, Ruth
Palmer is an astonishing musician. Credited for an outstanding
debut disc of Shostakovich she also makes her concerto debut
in the city with Bath Phil in Barber’s sumptuous Violin Concerto.
Mozart 39 has always fascinated Jason Thornton and he presents
it for the first time in this performance. A programme of passion
as well as fire.
6.30pm – Pre-concert talk with Jason Thornton at the Guildhall
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Thu 23rd April 2009
Programme:
Ravel - Introduction and Allegro
Debussy - Danse Sacre et Profanee
Vaughan Williams - Fantasia on a theme by Thomas Tallis
R. Strauss - Serenade
Mahler - Adagietto
Elgar - Introduction and Allegro
Conductor: Peter Donohoe
Location: Bath Abbey
Bath Phil’s Principal Guest Conductor and world class musician,
Peter Donohoe, presents arguably two of England’s greatest 20th century
composers, Elgar and Vaughan Williams, along with their
most influential contemporaries. The English masterpieces frame
a programme of love, passion, and sheer exquisite romanticism
from across Europe.
6.30pm – Pre-concert talk with Jason Thornton at the Guildhall
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