JANUARY CELEBRATE AND SHARE
Saturday 4 January, 3pm
Viennese New Year Stephen Bell - conductor Elin Manahan Thomas - soprano
Fatherland March • Die Libelle The Merry Widow - Vilja Song | Love Unspoken On My Lips Every Kiss Is Like Wine Why Did You Kiss My Heart Awake? Excursion Train Polka • Pizzicato Polka Die Fledermaus - Overture | Laughing Song Vienna Bonbons Waltz • Egyptian March The Blue Danube • I Give My Heart Morning, Noon and Night in Vienna - Overture My Fair Lady - I Could Have Danced All Night Radetzky March It isn’t New Year without a trip to Vienna, the city of silver and gold, where waltzes are sweeter than sachertorte, polkas sparkle like champagne and every song carries a thousand tender memories. The CBSO’s annual New Year party has all the tunes you love, with favourites by the Strauss family, Lehár and Suppé, plus soprano Elin Manahan Thomas singing some of Viennese operetta’s most mouth-watering numbers. Prosit!
Centre Stage at CBSO Centre Friday 10 January, 1.10pm Lars Vogt (piano) with CBSO Players Programme to include: Brahms: Piano Trio No. 1
Friday Night Classics prices apply.
RELAX AND REVITALISE
Thursday 9 January, 7.30pm
Russian Classics Andris Nelsons - conductor Lars Vogt - piano Prokofiev: Symphony No. 1 (Classical) Mozart: Piano Concerto No. 27, K. 595 Stravinsky: Petrushka
14’ 32’ 34’
It’s springtime in old Russia, and as crowds throng the Shrovetide Fair, passions are rising. But how serious can it get? After all, a puppet doesn’t have feelings... does it? 100 years on, Stravinsky’s brilliantly original ballet continues to startle and delight; while Prokofiev’s firecracker of a first symphony proves that a real popular classic can still spring a few surprises. Mind you, Mozart’s last piano concerto gives them both a run for their money - especially in the supremely skilled hands of Lars Vogt.
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