L’Arlésienne Suite No. 1 – Bizet
Cello Concerto in A minor – Saint-Saëns
Soloist: Student from Yehudi Menuhin School
Vltava* – Smetana
The Firebird ballet suite – Stravinsky
Conductors: Jonathan Butcher and Avi Taler*
Arrive early to enjoy …
6.30pm–7.00pm: Pre-concert talk in the main hall
A young future star performer will join us for the dramatic cello concerto by French composer Camille Saint-Saëns. HSO complete the season with Stravinsky’s spectacular “Firebird”.
Stories from around the world feature in this last concert of the season by HSO. Bizet’s “L’Arlésienne” Suite No. 1 was written for a play “The Girl from Arles” (the famous French town where Van Gogh lived). Smetana beautifully portrays the scenery in his beloved Czech Republic in “Vltava” – the most popular section of his large work “Ma Vlast” (My Homeland).
We are very excited to be able to bring you a young soloist from the Yehudi Menuhin School in Surrey to play the romantic Cello Concerto by Saint-Saëns. At time of writing we don’t know the identity of the performer but they are sure to be a name to watch for the future so don’t miss it!
Completing the programme will be Stravinsky’s incredible Suite “The Firebird”. A challenge for any orchestra, this will be a superb finale to our season.