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Romantic Russia

Part of the 106th Season Maidstone Symphony Orchestra

Add to my Calendar 20-05-2017 19:30 20-05-2017 21:30 36 Romantic Russia The finale to our season brings Dvořák’s great Cello Concerto played by a brilliant young Bulgarian, Michael Petrov. We’ve also Tchaikovsky’s intensely emotional Pathétique Symphony. The composer said he had put more of himself into it than anything he had previously written. To begin we’ve the ultimate musical witches’ brew from Mussorgsky. His A Night on the Bare Mountain, memorably depicted in Disney’s Fantasia, has recently found renewed fame as one of the “Ten Pieces” recommended by the BBC for Primary schools. Mote Hall, Maidstone DD/MM/YYYY

Details

Mote Hall
Mote Avenue
Maidstone Leisure Centre
Maidstone
Kent
ME15 7SU
England

Programme

Modest Mussorgsky – A Night on the Bare Mountain
Antonin Dvorak – Cello Concerto in B minor, Op.104, B.191
~ Interval ~
Pyotr Tchaikovsky – Symphony no.6 'Pathétique', Op.74

Performers

Michael Petrov – cello
Brian Wright – Conductor

Maidstone Symphony Orchestra

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Programme Note

The finale to our season brings Dvořák’s great Cello Concerto played by a brilliant young Bulgarian, Michael Petrov. We’ve also Tchaikovsky’s intensely emotional Pathétique Symphony. The composer said he had put more of himself into it than anything he had previously written. To begin we’ve the ultimate musical witches’ brew from Mussorgsky. His A Night on the Bare Mountain, memorably depicted in Disney’s Fantasia, has recently found renewed fame as one of the “Ten Pieces” recommended by the BBC for Primary schools.

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