Elena Schwarz, conductor & Zlatomir Fung, cello

Royal Philharmonic Orchestra

Elgar’s Cello Concerto

Wednesday 27 September 2023, 19:30

Past Event
Royal Philharmonic Orchestra Past Event

Programme

Doreen Carwithen Bishop Rock*
Elgar Cello Concerto
Debussy Prélude à l’après-midi d’un faune
Stravinsky The Firebird: Suite (1919)

*Kindly supported by the ABO Trust’s Sirens programme and The William Alwyn Foundation

Performers

Elena Schwarz conductor
Zlatomir Fung cello (RPO Artist-in-Residence, 2023-24)
Royal Philharmonic Orchestra

Demons, seascapes and green English fields – from Elgar’s Cello Concerto to Stravinsky’s The Firebird.

With a burst of flame and a cascade of sparks, the magical Firebird leaps into life. When Igor Stravinsky composed his great ballet, he didn’t just imagine a world of enchanted princesses, courageous heroes and green-clawed demons – he let us hear it too. That is our final destination tonight as conductor Elena Schwarz and the RPO set out on a fantastic musical voyage that opens on the storm-tossed seas of Bishop Rock, before sinking into the embrace of Debussy’s ravishing Prélude.

Along the way, the multi-award-winning young cello virtuoso Zlatomir Fung joins us for Elgar’s autumnal-but-evergreen Cello Concerto. You may already know and love it, but you’ve never heard it played like this.

Duration: to be confirmed – we will update this page as soon as we have running times. Please do not call the Box Office as they do not have any further information than that currently on our website. Most events last 2 – 2½ hours, evening events generally finishing no later than 10pm Monday to Saturday and 9pm on Sundays.

Ticket Information

£47, £42, £35, £25, £15

Under 18s*: £5 (not available on top-price tickets)

*Children aged 14 years or below must be accompanied by an adult aged 18 years or over.

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