Programme
- Overture 'Ruy Blas'(7 mins)
- What the Wild Flowers Tell Me (arr. Benjamin Britten)(11 mins)
- Lachrymae(15 mins)
- interval
- The Italian Girl in Algiers – overture(10 mins)
- Symphony No 4 in A major 'Italian'(38 mins)
Performers
- Lise Berthaudviola
- Alpesh Chauhanconductor
Concert information
Summer warmth for a winter’s afternoon: Mendelssohn’s grand guignol overture rings up the curtain on an concert of brightness, shadow, and pure, heartfelt song. Mahler’s delicate intermezzo leads gently into Britten’s tear-stained tribute to the music of the Tudor era; emotion quietly stripped bare, and performed here by the exceptional young French viola player and 91ȱ Radio 3 New Generation Artist Lise Berthaud. And then, an explosion of sunshine, as the rising British conductor Alpesh Chauhan dishes up first Rossini’s piquant comedy overture, and then Mendelssohn’s most uninhibited symphony. “The 91ȱ SSO has a real find on its hands” wrote The Herald of Chauhan’s Glasgow debut in 2015; his two visits this season are keenly awaited.
The concert will be recorded for future broadcast on 91ȱ Radio 3.