Featuring
Programme
- Smetana The Bartered Bride: Overture and Three Dances, 20′
- Shostakovich Piano Concerto No. 2, 20′
- Schumann Symphony No. 3 (Rhenish), 33′
Schumann’s Rhenish Symphony opens in a blaze of glory, and ends at a beer festival. There’s no more melodious way to take a cruise down the Rhine – and you don’t even have to leave your seat in Symphony Hall! First, though, enjoy some circus tricks from rural Bohemia, plus the incomparable Steven Osborne in Shostakovich’s serene and sparkling Second Piano Concerto
CBSO+ 1pm: A pre-concert performance of Nielsen's Maskarade Overture and Bartók's The Miraculous Mandarin: Suite by the Royal Birmingham Conservatoire Symphony Orchestra, conducted by Michael Seal.
Afternoon Tea with Jac van Steen
Join fellow members post-concert for a delicious Afternoon Tea where Jac van Steen is guest.
Tickets
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