Upcoming concerts

Performance

Canterbury Symphony Orchestra welcome local soloist George Needham for a performance of Grieg’s immortal Piano Concerto, accompanied by celebrations of Iceland, Denmark, Finland, and Estonia.

Soloist: George Needham  Piano

Joe Davies  Conductor

Floriane Peycelon  Leader

Programme:

Carl Nielson  Saga-Drøm (Saga Dream)

Edvard Grieg  Piano Concerto in A Minor

Arvo Pärt  Cantus in memoriam Benjamin Britten

Interval 

Jean Sibelius  Symphony No. 3

Performance

Local soloist Emily Hopper joins Canterbury Symphony Orchestra for a concert that celebrates the two homes of Frédéric François Chopin: Poland and Paris. From the soaring melodies of Tchaikovsky’s ‘Polish’ Symphony to the thrilling complexities of Witold Lutosławski, this concert takes you on a kaleidoscopic journey across Europe.

Soloist: Emily Hopper Harp

Joe Davies  Conductor

Floriane Peycelon  Leader

Programme

Witold Lutosławski  Musique funèbre

Frédéric Chopin  Prelude no. 15 in Db Major ‘Raindrop Prelude’ 

Camille Saint Saëns  Morceau de Concert

Interval

Pyotr Tchaikovsky  Symphony no. 3 ‘Polish’
 

Performance

Shostakovich is at his most intimate in his Ninth Symphony. Using smaller forces, the piece is the composer at his most cryptically complex. Local composer Elizabeth Winters and local soloist Jessica Meakin are also celebrated in this programme, the latter with Samuel Barber’s iconic Violin Concerto.

Soloist  Jessica Meakin Violin

Joe Davies  Conductor

Floriane Peycelon  Leader

Programme

Elizabeth Winters  The Serious Side of Madness

Samuel Barber   Violin Concerto

Interval

Dmitri Shostakovich  Symphony no. 9