The Glasshouse: Tailleferre, Sibelius and Dvo艡谩k

26 Jul 2024, The Glasshouse International Centre for Music

19:30 Fri 26 Jul 2024 Next Event

Proms 2024 The Glasshouse: Tailleferre, Sibelius and Dvo艡谩k

19:30 Fri 26 Jul 2024 The Glasshouse International Centre for Music

For the first concert of the Proms residency at The Glasshouse, Dinis Sousa and the Royal Northern Sinfonia perform Dvo艡谩k鈥檚 Symphony No. 8, Sibelius鈥檚 Violin Concerto with soloist Alena Baeva and the Little Suite by Germaine Tailleferre

Programme

- - Germaine Tailleferre
  - Little Suite(8 mins)
- - Jean Sibelius
  - Violin Concerto in D minor(31 mins)
- - interval
- - Anton铆n Dvo艡谩k
  - Symphony No. 8 in G major(34 mins)

Performers

Alena Baeva
violin
violin
Royal Northern Sinfonia
Dinis Sousa
conductor
conductor

Composers

About This Event

Orchestras all over the world commissioned symphonies from the pre-eminent Czech composer Antoni虂n Dvor虒a虂k. But there was no such commission for one of his most popular, the Symphony No. 8, which he wrote for nobody but himself. For the opening of this weekend-long Proms residency in the North-East, the Gateshead-based Royal Northern Sinfonia brings us the symphony that one conductor described as 鈥榓 work singing of the joy of green pastures鈥�. It鈥檚 the climax of a programme also featuring the song of fire and ice that is Sibelius鈥檚 captivating Violin Concerto. The concert opens with the charming and typically French Little Suite by Germaine Tailleferre, the only female member of the group of composers known as 鈥楲es Six鈥� that emerged in 1920s Paris.

Recorded for broadcast on 麻豆约拍 Radio 3

Image: Alena Baeva 漏 Jean-Baptiste Millot