大象传媒 SSO Afternoon Performances 2025/26 Events
Thu 30 Oct 2025
- 14:00City Halls
A fascination with nature, a love of the East and a shared passion for the endlessly subtle hues of French music: delicate and beautiful threads link the different pieces in this programme featuring soprano Claire Booth and violist Lawrence Power
A fascination with nature, a love of the East and a shared passion for the endlessly subtle hues of French music: delicate and beautiful threads link the different pieces in this programme featuring soprano Claire Booth and violist Lawrence Power
Programme
- Green(5 mins)
- O Hototogisu! - fragment of a Japonisme(8 mins)
- 厂丑茅丑茅谤补锄补诲别(16 mins)
- interval
- On Opened Ground(25 mins)
- La valse(12 mins)
Performers
- Lawrence Powerviola
- Claire Boothsoprano
- Matthew Highamflute
- Ryan WigglesworthConductor
Sun 16 Nov 2025
- 14:00City Halls
Ryan Wigglesworth conducts Prokofiev鈥檚 playful 'Peter and the Wolf' and Sterling Elliott dazzles in Tchaikovsky's showpiece for cello and orchestra
Ryan Wigglesworth conducts Prokofiev鈥檚 playful 'Peter and the Wolf' and Sterling Elliott dazzles in Tchaikovsky's showpiece for cello and orchestra
Programme
- Short Symphony(15 mins)
- Variations on a Rococo Theme for Cello and Orchestra(20 mins)
- interval
- Lincoln Portrait(14 mins)
- Peter and the Wolf, Op 67(30 mins)
Performers
- Ryan WigglesworthConductor
- Sterling Elliottcello
Sun 15 Feb 2026
- 14:00City Halls
Rachmaninov's First Symphony is a gripping climax to this concert which also features Prokofiev's Violin Concerto No.2: an afternoon that begins in the dream-world of Debussy鈥檚 mythical Faun, and ends at the gates of the inferno.
Rachmaninov's First Symphony is a gripping climax to this concert which also features Prokofiev's Violin Concerto No.2: an afternoon that begins in the dream-world of Debussy鈥檚 mythical Faun, and ends at the gates of the inferno.
Programme
- Prelude A L'Apr猫s-midi d'un faune(10 mins)
- Violin Concerto No. 2 in G minor(26 mins)
- interval
- Symphony No. 1 in D minor(45 mins)
Performers
- Hana Changviolin
- Chlo茅 van Soeterst猫deConductor
Thu 12 Mar 2026
- 14:00City Halls
Britten's playful 'Young Person's Guide To The Orchestra' is paired with the composer's Cello Symphony. Plus, there's music inspired by the enchanting imagination of William Shakespeare.
Britten's playful 'Young Person's Guide To The Orchestra' is paired with the composer's Cello Symphony. Plus, there's music inspired by the enchanting imagination of William Shakespeare.
Programme
- Aurora(10 mins)
- Cello Symphony(34 mins)
- interval
- Falstaff(30 mins)
- The Young Person鈥檚 Guide to the Orchestra(17 mins)
Performers
- Alban Gerhardtcello
- Ryan WigglesworthConductor
Thu 16 Apr 2026
- 14:00City Halls
Guest Conductor Elim Chan reveals the deadly secrets of Bart贸k鈥檚 thrilling work 'Bluebeard鈥檚 Castle' with the help of two world-class soloists.
Guest Conductor Elim Chan reveals the deadly secrets of Bart贸k鈥檚 thrilling work 'Bluebeard鈥檚 Castle' with the help of two world-class soloists.
Programme
- Four Sea Interludes from 鈥楶eter Grimes鈥�(16 mins)
- Hamlet Suite(23 mins)
- interval
- Duke Bluebeard鈥檚 Castle(55 mins)
Performers
- Alice Cootemezzo-soprano
- G谩bor Bretzbaritone
- Elim ChanConductor
