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Fri 19 Dec 7:30pm at Symphony Hall
Photo by Simon Fowler
Earlier this year, Sir Simon Rattle picked music by Schumann as one of his eight choices on Desert Island Discs. Now he turns his attention to two of the composer’s most popular works: the fresh and vibrant Spring Symphony and the Rhenish Symphony – a joyous celebration of the Rhineland, the awe-inspiring gothic architecture of Cologne Cathedral and, of course, the river itself.
Classic FM’s Anne-Marie Minhall says of tonight’s recommended concert:
Fresh from his role as one of the Royal Liverpool Philharmonic Orchestra’s Artists Laureate 2008 for the European Capital of Culture, Sir Simon Rattle returns to his former stomping ground here in Birmingham. This evening he’ll be conducting the OAE, an orchestra he’s been closely associated with for many years now. Rattle is one of just six conductors who’ve been key in the development of this self-governing orchestra established more than twenty years ago. It was he who took the OAE to Glyndebourne for the first time in 1989 with Mozart’s The Marriage of Figaro; the orchestra is now a regular visitor to the East Sussex festival.
Tickets £5-£45
Orchestra of the Age of Enlightenment
Sir Simon Rattle conductor
Berlioz King Lear overture 15’
Schumann Symphony No 1, Spring 32’
Schumann Symphony No 3, Rhenish 33’
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