Programme to include: Haydn Symphony No 94 “Surprise”, Szymanowski Violin Concerto No 2, Stravinsky Orpheus. Conductor: Robin Ticciati, Violin: Renaud Capucon
Tickets: £16 (£14 Senior Citizens, £5 Full Time Students and Unemployed) People with a disability and a carer are entitled to 50% off standard ticket price
Available from: dgArts, Midsteeple, Dumfries – 01387 253383 or on-line
The Orchestra’s Principal Conductor, Robin Ticciati, gives his first performance in Dumfries. The story of Haydn lulling an unsuspecting audience to sleep then jolting them awake with a loud ‘SURPRISE’ chord is probably too good to be true, but doesn’t diminish this symphony’s charm or impact. In Orpheus Stravinsky retells the Greek myth of the hero’s journey to the Underworld, and brilliant French violinist Renaud Capuçon performs Szymanowski’s sumptuous violin concerto.
