Richard Jenkinson

Saturday 29 May 2010 at 19:30 |

The Great Hall, Bloxham School, Banbury

Rossini: Overture La Cenerentola

Saint-Saëns: Cello Concerto no.1

Beethoven: Symphony no.2 op.36

Rossini's Cinderella is a gossammer delight; considered by many to be the greatest of all concertos for the instrument, Saint-Saëns's first concerto is here played by CBSO principal, Richard Jenkinson; the high spirits of Beethoven's second symphony complete this joyful programme.

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Richard Jenkinson, 'cello | Martin Leigh, conductor

Dances and Arias

Sunday 17 May 2009 at 19:30 | All Saints' Parish Church, Broseley

Bartók: Rumanian Folk Dances

Puccini: Quando m'en vo' soletta (La Bohème)

Gounod: Jewel Song (Faust)

Puccini: Un bel dì (Madama Butterfly)

Beethoven: 12 Contredanses WoO14

Bellini: Casta Diva (Norma)

Gounod: Je veux vivre dans ce rêve (Romeo et Juliette)

Beethoven: Symphony no.7 in A, op.92

A programme of dance and song: Bartók's delightful Rumanian Dances; the witty and pithy Contredanses by Beethoven; and his glorious and dithyrambic Seventh Symphony. Outstanding soprano Caroline Lester joins the Birmingham Chamber Orchestra for arias by Bellini, Puccini, and Gounod.

Caroline Lester, soprano | Martin Leigh, conductor

Rachmaninov Second

Sunday 5 July 2009 at 19:30 | David Street Hall, Dodderhill School

Vaughan Williams: Fantasia on a Theme by Thomas Tallis

Rachmaninov: Concerto for Piano and Orchestra no.2

Saint-Saëns: Danse macabre

Bartók: Dance Suite

Brahms: Hungarian Dances nos.1, 3, and 10

Rachmaninov's best-known concerto and Vaughan-Williams's ever-popular Fantasia, coupled with very different dances by Bartók, Brahms, and Saint-Saëns. Rising pianist Simon Callaghan makes his first appearance with the Orchestra.

Simon Callaghan, piano | Martin Leigh, conductor

Romantic Masterpieces

Saturday 19 September 2009 at 19:30 | Albrighton Parish Church

Schumann: Overture to 'Genoveva', op.81

Mendelssohn: Concerto for Violin and Orchestra

Bartók: Divertimento, Sz.113

Schumann: Overture, Scherzo and Finale, op.52

Three Romantic masterpieces: Sara Trickey returns to perform Mendelssohn's beloved concerto, Joachim's 'inward... heart's jewel'; Schumann's delightful, Mendelssohn-inspired symphonic torso; and his Overture to Genoveva, a story of Mediaeval love and redemption. Bartók's wonderful Divertimento, infused with folk dance and melody, continues Birmingham Chamber Orchestra's season-long engagement with the composer.

Sara Trickey, violin | Martin Leigh, conductor

Enikö Magyar and Simon Callaghan

Saturday 10 July 2010 at 19:30 | St Mary Magdalene, Albrighton

Sunday 11 July 2010 at 19:30 | David Street Hall, Dodderhill School

Dvořák: Legends (i-v)

Bruch: Romance for viola (10 July)

Paul Patterson: Tides of Mananan (10 July)

Hummel: Fantasie (10 July)

Schumann: Carnaval op.9 (11 July)

Prokofiev: Piano Concerto no.3 op.26 (11 July)

Dvořák: Legends (vi-x)

Remarkable young viola player Enikö Magyar performs Bruch's lyrical Romance and Hummel's entertainment; Simon Callaghan returns to Dodderhill for Prokofiev's third concerto – a work matching Simon's own blistering virtuosity and musical invention; surrounding them, Dvořák's Legends are the tender cousins of the composer's Slavonic Dances.

Enikö Magyar, viola | Simon Callaghan, piano |

Martin Leigh, conductor

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