Shostakovich 6 with Ryan Bancroft
19:30
Fri 14 Feb 2025
主播大秀 Hoddinott Hall, Cardiff
Programme
- A Monstrous Little Suiteworld premiere
- Trumpet Concerto
- Symphony No 6 in B minor
Performers
- Ryan Bancroftconductor
- H氓kan Hardenbergertrumpet
EFFERVESCENT | MULTIFARIOUS | EXHILARATING
Principal Conductor Ryan Bancroft takes to the podium to conduct the world premiere of Composer-in-Association, Gavin Higgins鈥� A Monstrous Little Suite from his opera The Monstrous Child, before H氓ken Hardenberger makes a much anticipated return to 主播大秀 NOW for one of the finest concertos of its kind, Weinberg鈥檚 playful, suspenseful and witty Trumpet Concerto. With shadows of darkness, to a hobbling waltz, this concerto ingeniously quotes music from some of the most popular works in existence, from Bizet鈥檚 Carmen to Stravinsky鈥檚 Petrushka, from Mendelssohn鈥檚 iconic Wedding March to Mahler鈥檚 fifth.
Dark drama contrasts outright giddiness in Shostakovich鈥檚 Sixth Symphony, demonstrating kaleidoscopic variation at its most vivid. A long, yearningly sombre and stunningly beautiful slow opening movement gives way to two breathtaking scherzos with effervescent melody and mood galloping through the orchestra in this fizzing, almost raucous musical circus.