Unfortunately the pre-concert talk tonight has been cancelled as the conductor, Robin Ticciati who was meant to speak at the talk, is unwell. The concert will still go ahead with Robin conducting.

Gluck: Overture, Alceste
Berlioz: Les Nuits d’été
Schumann: Symphony No.2

Robin Ticciati: conductor; Karen Cargill: mezzo soprano

Secret love stories lie hidden here as Robin Ticciati continues his season-long pairing of Berlioz and Schumann. Berlioz’s ultra-Romantic songs were first orchestrated for his mistress, the singer Marie Recio. Schumann’s symphony pays tribute to the composer’s devoted wife Clara by including a melody which sets the phrase, “Take, then, these songs of mine” from Beethoven’s love songs, An die ferne geliebte. To open, music by one of Berlioz’s idols – Gluck, in tempestuous mode.

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