NEXT CONCERTS

Sunday 18th February 2024

7.00pm

Parabola Arts Centre

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Brahms 

Piano Concerto No.1

Symphony No.1

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Piano

Sir Stephen Hough

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Conductor

Tom Gauterin

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Programme

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Following a sold-out Rachmaninov series, Bristol Classical Players are delighted to welcome back international concert pianist Sir Stephen Hough, who will be playing Brahms Piano Concerto No.1 

The concert begins deep in the woods too, with the overture to Weber’s groundbreaking opera Der Freischutz; this mixture of love story and ghostly fable includes the still-terrifying Wolf’s Glen Scene, and the overture conjures up its unique combination of joyous melody and spooky noises-off to perfection. Brahms’s mighty First Symphony, nicknamed ‘Beethoven’s 10th’ at the time, remains one of the greatest works in music history, a masterpiece that Brahms perfected over more than 20 years’ work and which ends with a trombone chorale bringing the music into purest daylight.