Join Chief Conductor Anna Maria-Helsing, presenter Katie Derham and the Â鶹ԼÅÄ Concert Orchestra as they spring into summer with an evening of music inspired by the brightest time of year.
Grieg dreams of sunlit days, Delius hears his first cuckoo; William Alwyn has a flutter at the races and Johann Strauss waltzes through a verdant Vienna. Soprano Ilona Domnich brings her own touch of magic, and Alasdair Malloy – Â鶹ԼÅÄ Concert Orchestra’s Principal Percussionist – sprinkles it all with the unmistakable sound of the glass harmonica: a musical marvel with a sound like pure enchantment.
It’s all about freshness, and all about fun – and because Friday Night is Music Night, it’s all about melodies, too. With additional music by Rachmaninov and Lionel Monckton (the toast of the Edwardian West End), you’ll be humming these all season. Presented by Â鶹ԼÅÄ Radio 3’s Katie Derham.
Tickets:
Tickets will be allocated by random draw. You can register at any time until 8am on Friday 17 May. You can apply for a maximum of two tickets.
Programme to include:
Monckton - The Arcadians Overture
Grieg - VÃ¥ren Op 34 No 2
Delius - On Hearing the First Cuckoo
Montague Phillips - A Spring Rondo
Coates - Springtime Suite
Rachmaninov - Lilacs/How Fair is this Spot
Alwyn - Derby Day
Alexander Alyabyev - The Nightingale
Strauss - Voices of Spring
