Bristol Concert Orchestra: Mozart & Shostakovich

When? Saturday 3 March 2012, 7.30pm - 10.00pm

Where? St George's Bristol , BS1 5RR (map)

Music? In this concert of two halves, the orchestra will perform Shostakovich's Symphony No.10 and, contrasting this: two ‘Hommages � Mozart’, the charming wind quartet version of Mozart’s Sinfonia Concertante, and Ibert’s 200th birthday present from 1956. (Concert / Gig / Classical)

How Much? £13, £11, £9, £8 (concessions available), children £1

Details

Saturday March 3, 2012

St George's Bristol, 7:30pm

Bristol Concert Orchestra: Mozart Sinfonia Concertante for wind and Shostakovich Symphony No.10

Bristol Concert Orchestra

Jessica Mogridge (oboe)

Nicholas Shipman (clarinet)

Claire Wadsworth (bassoon)

Jamie Thomas (horn)

Stefan Hofkes (conductor)

Mozart: Sinfonia Concertante for Wind

Ibert: Hommage � Mozart

Shostakovich: Symphony No.10

Coming soon after our performance of the mischievous yet beautiful 2nd Piano Concerto in our December concert, we now meet a very different side of Shostakovich with his 10th Symphony. To quote the man himself: %u201CMusic is a means capable of expressing dark dramatism and pure rapture, suffering and ecstasy, fiery and cold fury, melancholy and wild merriment%u201D. All these elements and more are to be found in this fascinating work.

Contrasting this: two %u2018Hommages � Mozart%u2019, the charming wind quartet version of Mozart%u2019s Sinfonia Concertante, and Ibert%u2019s 200th birthday present from 1956, a short study in Mozartean vitality refracted through the prism of mid-20th century Parisian harmonies.

There will be a retiring collection in aid of Friends of Kampala Music School.

Tickets: £13, £11, £9, £8 (concessions available), children £1 are available from St George's Bristol: 0845 40 24 001 or online