Royal Liverpool Philharmonic Orchestra
Bruch's Violin Concerto
Sunday 18 March 2012 2:30 pm
Liverpool Philharmonic Hall
Beethoven Coriolan Overture
Bruch Violin Concerto No. 1
Shostakovich Ballet Suite No. 1 ed. Lev Atovmyan
Beethoven Symphony No. 8
Alexander Shelley conductor
Simone Lamsma violin
Tickets £13, £18, £24, £29, £36
Good things come in small packages! Beethoven’s Eighth Symphony might not be his longest, but it packs a terrific punch. It’s a real musical firecracker, and it’s the hilarious climax of this latest, tune-packed instalment in our Beethoven series. Conductor Alexander Shelley knows how to make things fizz, so there’ll be rapid-fire wit in Beethoven’s dramatic Coriolan Overture, and knockabout farce in Shostakovich’s delightfully daft First Ballet Suite – a musical raspberry in the face of anyone who still thinks that Shostakovich didn’t know how to have fun! As for Bruch’s First Violin Concerto, there’s a reason why it’s the world’s best-loved violin concerto. But you’ll never hear anyone play it with more panache – or romance – than Simone Lamsma.
Alexander Shelley will be profiled on BBC2's The Culture Show on Friday 9 March at 7pm.
This concert will finish at approximately 4.20pm.
