Beethoven wrote his Fifth Piano Concerto, ‘Emperor’ to the accompaniment of gunfire, as Napoleon and his troops were storming Vienna. You can hear the battle between soloist and orchestra – heroic stuff indeed and audiences had never heard anything like it in terms of scope and grandeur. But then, Beethoven liked shock tactics; they splatter his music. Later we move from the shocking to the sublime, as Beethoven’s slow movement is utterly timeless. Bruckner stops all the clocks with a sound world that’s mindful and mysterious. The skies open on the Seventh Symphony as shimmering strings transport us up the celestial ladders of Bruckner’s world.
Ticket Information
Tickets £14.50 to £29.00
(All ticket prices include £3.00 booking fee)
Disabled patrons 50% off
Senior & Claimants 20% off
U26s & Students £6
To book wheelchair seats or other access requirements please email supervisors@bridgewater-hall.co.uk or call the Box Office on 0161 907 9000
Pre-concert entertainment
Ahead of the concert, Hannah Borlase and Nadia Dotsiak students from the Royal Northern College of Music will be performing in the Stalls Café Bar.
Hannah Borlase viola
Nadia Dotsiak piano
Pre-concert programme
Wieniawski: Rêverie for Viola and Piano
Kosenko: Poèmes-Legends, Op.12 No.1
Bridge: Two Pieces for Viola and Piano
Forsyth: Chanson Celtique
Reinecke: 3 Fantasiestücke for Viola and Piano
Hannah and Nadia appear by kind permission of the RNCM.
