The Milton Keynes City Orchestra

Programme:

Khachaturian - Adagio from Spartacus
Shostakovich - Cello Concerto No. 1
(Soloist - Jamie Walton)
Bernstein - West Side Story
Symphonic Dances
Ravel - Bolero

Welcome Jamie Walton back to Milton Keynes, following his epic debut playing Saint-Saens Cello Concerto No 1 last season.

A year on, they are thrilled that he will perform Shostakovich’s Cello Concerto No. 1 in this opening concert of the season.

The evening’s programme is full of powerful and familiar music, such as Khachaturian’s ballet Spartacus (as heard in The Onedin Line), the Symphonic Dances from Leonard Bernstein’s West Side story, and Ravel’s haunting Bolero.

This concert sets the tone for a season of music to delight and challenge, with performances from some of the great soloists currently working internationally.