Young Musicians Symphony Orchestra
Programme
Bizet Carmen Overture
Beethoven Piano Concerto No. 5, ‘Emperor’
Bernstein Symphonic Dances from West Side Story
Bernstein Candide Overture
Performers
William Bracken piano
James Blair conductor
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The Young Musicians Symphony Orchestra is delighted to return to Cadogan Hall for its 2024-25 season. For its opening concert, YMSO presents a varied programme of audience favourites, each telling their own story.
The concert begins with Bizet’s Carmen Overture, a whistle-stop tour of many of the opera’s best-known themes. Next, the Orchestra is joined by British pianist William Bracken in Beethoven’s equally exhilarating ‘Emperor’ Concerto.
In the second half, two works by the great composer and conductor Leonard Bernstein: the Symphonic Dances from his beloved musical West Side Story, followed by the Overture to his 1956 operetta Candide, a perfect encore.
YMSO is the only symphony orchestra in the UK which provides free orchestral training, performance experience and professional development opportunities to musicians on the threshold of their professional careers.
Pre-show meal at Côte
For this performance a special pre-concert, four-course set menu at Côte restaurant on Sloane Square is available. You can book a meal voucher when booking your tickets, or call the Box Office on 020 7730 4500 if you have already booked tickets.
Duration: approx. 1 hour 45 mins (incl. interval)
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£35, £25, £15
Students/Senior Citizens (65+): half price (not available online)
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Young Musicians Symphony Orchestra 2024-25
The Young Musicians Symphony Orchestra (YMSO) is the only symphony orchestra in the UK dedicated to providing free orchestral training, performance experience and professional development opportunities to musicians on the threshold of their professional careers.
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Bizet, Beethoven & Bernstein
Tuesday 8 October 2024, 19:30
James Blair conducts the YMSO in Beethoven's 'Emperor' Piano Concerto, with soloist William Bracken, and Bernstein's Symphonic Dances from West Side Story and Candide Overture. Bizet's Carmen Overture opens the concert.
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Wagner, Mendelssohn & Dvořák
Monday 4 November 2024, 19:30
James Blair conducts the exhilarating Prelude to Act III from Wagner's Lohengrin, Mendelssohn’s most popular work, the Violin Concerto, with soloist Kryštof Kohout, and Dvořák’s uplifting Eighth Symphony, a celebration of life itself.
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Nicolai, Brahms, Puccini & Respighi
Wednesday 19 February 2025, 19:30
James Blair conducts Brahms' Piano Concerto No. 2 with soloist Misha Kaploukhii and two masterpieces of orchestration, Puccini's Preludio sinfonico and Respighi's Roman Festivals. Nicolai's ever-popular The Merry Wives of Windsor Overture opens the e...
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Verdi, Prokofiev & Mahler
Wednesday 26 March 2025, 19:30
James Blair conducts music by three of the great orchestral composers including Prokofiev's exhilarating Piano Concerto No. 3 with soloist Nicolas Ventura, and Mahler's Symphony No. 1, the 'Titan'. Verdi's vibrant Overture to The Sicilian Vespers ope...
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