HALLÉ
HALLÉ
Sunday 13th October , 7.30pm , Hall One
When the 19-year old student Dmitri Shostakovich handed in the score for his first symphony in 1925 , his tutors were stunned . Shostakovich ’ s dramatic , impulsive and strident work seemed to combine Tchaikovsky ’ s emotional fervour , Prokofiev ’ s playful joie de vivre and Scriabin ’ s intense heat . Rory Macdonald and the Hallé perform Shostakovich ’ s eye-widening first symphony alongside Rachmaninov ’ s devious dance after Paganini and Britten ’ s monumental celebration of the orchestra .
With a pre-concert talk Buses from Alnwick and Hexham . Tickets : £ 13- £ 36
Britten The Young Person ’ s Guide to the Orchestra
Rachmaninov Rhapsody on a Theme of Paganini
Shostakovich Symphony No . 1 in F minor
Conductor : Rory Macdonald
Piano : Andrew Tyson Hallé
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