Latest news: Orchestra opens 25th concert season in style (2008-10-19)
The Isle of Wight’s own Symphony Orchestra will open their 25th Anniversary Season with a packed programme at Medina Theatre on Saturday 1st November, starting at 7.30pm.
The Adagio from Khachaturian’s ballet ‘Spartacus’ – possibly better known as the theme from “The Onedin Line” – opens the evening’s music. Originally premiered in Leningrad in December 1956, the Adagio forms part of a suite constructed from the original ballet score.
An opportunity to hear Venezuelan-born violinist Giovanni Guzzo is not to be missed; he will perform Tchaikovsky’s Violin Concerto in D. The piece is possibly one of the best-known of all violin concertos and is also considered by many to be amongst the most technically difficult works for violin. Giovanni has performed in some of the most prestigious venues in Venezuela, Spain, China, Germany, Switzerland, Italy and the UK. He has appeared in live television and radio broadcasts, most recently on the BBC Radio 3 “In Tune” programme.
After the interval Béla Bartók’s Concerto for Orchestra provides an opportunity to hear the virtuoso talents of different sections of the orchestra. Bartók wrote the work after emigrating from Hungary to the USA in 1940. The concerto is a magnificent exposition of the range and capability of a modern symphony orchestra showing tone, dynamics, melody and rhythm in various combinations.
The Isle of Wight Symphony Orchestra is once again conducted by Jonathan Butcher and led by returning guest-leader John Crawford.
Tickets are priced at £13.00 and £6.00 for under sixteens (carers for wheelchair users get in free) and are available on the door or in advance from the Medina Theatre Box Office on 01983 527020.
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