Bournemouth Symphony Orchestra

Conducted by Nicholas McGegan, programme to include:

Brahms: Liebesliederwaltzer
Mozart: Sinfonia Concertante K364
Beethoven: Symphony No 7

Nicholas McGegan conductor
Veronika Eberle violin
Antoine Tamestit viola
Petroc Trelawny presenter

Brahms made his own orchestrations of some of the enchanting waltzes he had previously written for voices and piano. They show the composer at his most relaxed and good humoured.

Even by Mozart’s standards, his Sinfonia Concertante revels in a wealth of melody and invention. It may be that he was displaying his musical skill in the hope of a court position, and the piece is a model of contrast and balance.

Beethoven’s Seventh Symphony was first performed at a mammoth concert in 1813 which was one of his greatest public successes. Described by Wagner as “the apotheosis of the dance”, with boundless energy and rhythmic impetus the music rages forward, almost demonically, with climax after climax, right to the brilliant final notes and one of the most thrilling endings in all music.