Heralded by a blaze of brass, a solo violin spins a slow, languorous line to bewitch and beguile... 'Scheherazade鈥檚 opening is the musical equivalent of whispering 鈥極nce upon a time鈥� and Rimsky-Korsakov uses all his orchestral wizardry in these dramatic scenes from the 1001 Nights. If that violin represents the seductive voice of Scheherazade herself, there鈥檚 a more mournful 鈥� if no less passionate 鈥� equivalent in Bloch鈥檚 'Schelomo' where the cello embodies the soul of King Solomon. Pablo Ferr谩ndez, in the first of two appearances with our Associate Conductor, Alpesh Chauhan, is the soloist. Seduction? Passion? Cue extracts from Thomas Ad猫s鈥檚 opera about the scandalous Duchess of Argyll, full of slinky foxtrots and wistful waltzes.

This concerts ends at approximately 9:10pm.