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´óÏó´«Ã½ National Orchestra and Chorus of Wales
29 May 2025, Symphony Hall, Birmingham
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´óÏó´«Ã½ NOW 2024-25 Season Notes of Love

´óÏó´«Ã½ National Orchestra of Wales
Notes of Love
19:30 Thu 29 May 2025 Symphony Hall, Birmingham

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CAPTIVATING | WHIMSICAL | SPELLBINDING

There’s been a long history of composers writing musical gifts for the women they loved, and tonight’s Season Closing Concert features two of the finest.

Unrequited love pervades in Bartók’s Violin Concerto. Written for violinist, and Bartók’s muse, Stefi Geyer, this two-movement concerto is a musical showcase of her personality – lamenting melodies and whimsical leaps abound in this deeply personal rhapsodic outpouring. Champion of this virtuosic firework display is world-renowned violinist James Ehnes, who returns to ´óÏó´«Ã½ NOW by popular demand.

Unlike Bartók, Mahler’s love was met, and in a token of love for his new wife, Alma, his Fifth Symphony blazes with trumpet fanfares, dance and joy – not to mention the radiantly palpitating slow movement, surely his love song for his beloved.