Our next concert is in The Gala Theatre Durham on Sunday March 29th, 2020 at 3.00pm.
Individual Tickets for the concert are available NOW from The Box Office in the Gala Theatre Durham on 03000 266 600 or https://www.galadurham.co.uk/galapost/orchestra-north-east/
Prices: Adults £16; Concessions £14; £8 students; 17s and under £3 unaccompanied, £1 with an adult.
For the second concert of the 2019-2020 season we are returning to the comfortable surroundings of the Gala Theatre, Durham on a Sunday afternoon, a format that we know has proved particularly attractive. In March 2019 we offered an all-Russian programme, which proved very popular. For March 2020 we’re staying with Russian music, but presenting three major works from the 20th century.
Prokofiev: Excerpts from the ballet Romeo and Juliet
Shostakovich: Cello Concerto no.1
Rachmaninov: Symphonic Dances
Soloist: Christopher Murray (cello)
Conductor: Michael Bawtree
For this concert we are pleased to welcome Christopher Murray to play the Shostakovich concerto. This is one of the great works of the cello repertoire and was written in 1959 for Mstislav Rostropovich. Hailing from the North East, Christopher combines teaching at the Guildhall School of Music and Drama in London, with a busy career as a soloist and a member of the award winning Heath Quartet.
Prokofiev’s famous score for the ballet Romeo and Juliet will need little introduction. This music has a huge range of emotional power and we hope our selection will reflect that. To complement this, we present Rachmaninov’s dramatic Symphonic Dances. This was one of his last compositions, and although not written as a ballet, it perhaps comes closest to that genre. The large orchestral forces required present something of a musical tour de force.
Our conductor, Michael Bawtree, from the Royal Conservatoire of Scotland, conducted us in 2019 and we are very pleased he was able to return for this concert.
Individual Tickets for the concert are available NOW from The Box Office in the Gala Theatre Durham on 03000 266 600 or https://www.galadurham.co.uk/galapost/orchestra-north-east/
Prices: Adults £16; Concessions £14; £8 students; 17s and under £3 unaccompanied, £1 with an adult.
For the second concert of the 2019-2020 season we are returning to the comfortable surroundings of the Gala Theatre, Durham on a Sunday afternoon, a format that we know has proved particularly attractive. In March 2019 we offered an all-Russian programme, which proved very popular. For March 2020 we’re staying with Russian music, but presenting three major works from the 20th century.
Prokofiev: Excerpts from the ballet Romeo and Juliet
Shostakovich: Cello Concerto no.1
Rachmaninov: Symphonic Dances
Soloist: Christopher Murray (cello)
Conductor: Michael Bawtree
For this concert we are pleased to welcome Christopher Murray to play the Shostakovich concerto. This is one of the great works of the cello repertoire and was written in 1959 for Mstislav Rostropovich. Hailing from the North East, Christopher combines teaching at the Guildhall School of Music and Drama in London, with a busy career as a soloist and a member of the award winning Heath Quartet.
Prokofiev’s famous score for the ballet Romeo and Juliet will need little introduction. This music has a huge range of emotional power and we hope our selection will reflect that. To complement this, we present Rachmaninov’s dramatic Symphonic Dances. This was one of his last compositions, and although not written as a ballet, it perhaps comes closest to that genre. The large orchestral forces required present something of a musical tour de force.
Our conductor, Michael Bawtree, from the Royal Conservatoire of Scotland, conducted us in 2019 and we are very pleased he was able to return for this concert.
