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Manchester Camerata

Music by Vivaldi and Tchaikovsky

Part of the Leeds International Concert Season 2017/18 Season

Add to my Calendar 21-10-2017 19:30 21-10-2017 21:30 36 Manchester Camerata **General Sale: Saturday 19 August**Booking for new subscribers: Monday 17 July The Four Season's are a set of four violin concerti by Vivaldi, and are arguably the composer's most well-known works. Unusually for the time in which they were composed, Vivaldi published a set of poems to accompany the music, to depict what Vivaldi was aiming to evoke with his music. Little did he know that this was one of the earliest examples of program music - music with a narrative element. Vivaldi went to great lengths to ensure the music matched the poems.    The Concerto for two oboes and two clarinets features unusal instrumentation for the period in which it was written. It is one of the earliest pieces of baroque repertoire to feature the clarinet. The woodwind instruments are played off against each other as pairs against the strings and there are several delighful oboe solos.    Tchaikovsky's theme and variations is a brilliant virtuosic display of symphonic writing that makes use of what is arguably the most beautiful and wide ranging of the orchestral stringed instruments. A simple theme begins the piece, not Rococo in origin but in style, followed by seven variations that transform the original theme into numerous different personalities.    To close the evening's concert, another concerto by Vivaldi with instrumentation unusual for the time in which it was written. A three movement concerto, it makes use of the double reed instruments as well as the horn and of course solo violin.  'Inspiration is a guest that does not willingly visit the lazy' Tchaikovsky    Pre-concert talk 6:45pm George Kennaway discusses this evening's works.Entry is free to ticket-holders for the concert but space is limited so please arrive early to avoid disappointment. Leeds Town Hall, Leeds DD/MM/YYYY

Details

Leeds Town Hall
The Headrow
Leeds
LS1 3AD
England

Programme

Antonio Vivaldi – The Four Seasons
Antonio Vivaldi – Concerto for 2 oboes and 2 clarinets
Pyotr Tchaikovsky – Variations on a Rococo Theme, Op.33
Antonio Vivaldi – Concertoin F major for 2 oboes, bassoon, 2 horns and violin, RV 568

Performers

Rakhi Singh – violin
Hannah Roberts – cello

Manchester Camerata

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Programme Note

**General Sale: Saturday 19 August**
Booking for new subscribers: Monday 17 July

The Four Season's are a set of four violin concerti by Vivaldi, and are arguably the composer's most well-known works. Unusually for the time in which they were composed, Vivaldi published a set of poems to accompany the music, to depict what Vivaldi was aiming to evoke with his music. Little did he know that this was one of the earliest examples of program music - music with a narrative element. Vivaldi went to great lengths to ensure the music matched the poems. 

 

The Concerto for two oboes and two clarinets features unusal instrumentation for the period in which it was written. It is one of the earliest pieces of baroque repertoire to feature the clarinet. The woodwind instruments are played off against each other as pairs against the strings and there are several delighful oboe solos. 

 

Tchaikovsky's theme and variations is a brilliant virtuosic display of symphonic writing that makes use of what is arguably the most beautiful and wide ranging of the orchestral stringed instruments. A simple theme begins the piece, not Rococo in origin but in style, followed by seven variations that transform the original theme into numerous different personalities. 

 

To close the evening's concert, another concerto by Vivaldi with instrumentation unusual for the time in which it was written. A three movement concerto, it makes use of the double reed instruments as well as the horn and of course solo violin. 

'Inspiration is a guest that does not willingly visit the lazy' Tchaikovsky 

 

Pre-concert talk 6:45pm

George Kennaway discusses this evening's works.
Entry is free to ticket-holders for the concert but space is limited so please arrive early to avoid disappointment.

Hannah Roberts

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