Wednesday
7 May 2008, 7.30pm
Shrewsbury The Music Hall
Saturday
10 May 2008, 8.00pm
Stamford
Stamford Arts Centre
Sunday
11 May 2008, 7.45pm
Stevenage
Gordon Craig Centre
Nicholas
Daniel oboe
Jacqueline
Shave violin/director
Vivaldi
Oboe Concerto in C RV447
Piazzolla
Spring ‘Primavera Portena’* and Oblivion
Osvaldo
Golijov Last Round*
Purcell
arr. Britten Chacony
Stravinsky
Concerto in D for String Orchestra*
JS
Bach Concerto in D minor for Oboe, Violin and String Orchestra
BWV 1060
A varied
but irresistible rhythmic impulse drives through this programme, from
the vivacious energy of Vivaldi’s Venice, to the mesmeric but often
wistful tangos of Piazzolla and Golijov’s Argentina. The characteristic
rhythmic angularity of Stravinsky’s music is evident in his Concerto
for String Orchestra that has inspired numerous choreographers to turn
it into ballet music, while the Purcell/Britten chacony, with its insistent
triple-time beat, is quite simply majestic dance music.
The scintillating
oboe-playing of Nicholas Daniel matches the sparkling character of the
Vivaldi oboe concerto – like sunlight playing on a Venetian lagoon
– while for Bach’s beautiful double concerto for oboe and
violin, he is joined by Britten Sinfonia’s leader Jacqueline Shave.
Shrewsbury
The Music Hall
Box Office 01743 281281
Stamford
Stamford Arts Centre
Box Office 01780 763203
Stevenage
Gordon Craig Theatre
Box Office 08700 131030
Tickets £20, £18 online
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