Haydn: Symphony No 94 ‘Surprise’
Szymanowski: Violin Concerto No 2
Stravinsky: Orpheus

Robin Ticciati: conductor; Renaud Capuçon: violin

The story of Haydn lulling an unsuspecting audience to sleep with his gentle slow movement then jolting them awake with a loud ‘Surprise’ chord is probably too good to be true, but that does not diminish the piece’s charm. In Orpheus, Stravinsky looks back to the earliest days of opera for inspiration, and draws on the brilliance of Monteverdi’s world to tell his own version of the myth.

Pre-Concert Talk: 6.30pm (Free to ticket holders). Professor Jonathan Cross, author of the Stravinsky Legacy, talks about the composer.

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