Sunday Concerts: I Musicanti + pre-concert talk

Following their wonderful performance at Conway Hall last September, I Musicanti make a welcome return in an all-Beethoven programme, as a prelude to Beethoven’s upcoming anniversary year.

Following their wonderful performance at Conway Hall in September 2018, I Musicanti make a welcome return in an all Beethoven programme - “Beethoven More or Less” - as a prelude to Beethoven’s upcoming anniversary year. A mixed instrument chamber ensemble, I Musicanti comprises some of the most experienced and respected musicians to be found in the UK, handpicked by the group’s founder and artistic director, the international double bass virtuoso and conductor Leon Bosch.

Beethoven | Symphony No.1 in C Op.21
Beethoven arr. Carl Hinde | Romance No.1 in G Op.40
Beethoven arr. Carl Hinde | Romance No.2 in F Op.50
Beethoven arr. Carl Hinde | Violin Concerto in D Op. 61

Tamas Andras (violin)
Fenella Humphreys (violin)
Raja Halder (violin)
Robert Smissen (viola)
Richard Harwood (cello)
Leon Bosch (double bass)

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Pre-concert Talk by Robert Hugill @ 5:30pm - Arrangement, Transcription and Popularisation

Arrangements and transcriptions were everywhere in the late 18th and 19th centuries, from Beethoven symphonies for piano duet to Rossini for wind octet. Beethoven even did some himself, producing a piano trio version of one of his symphonies, and encouraged his contemporaries to write transcriptions of his music.

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The Sunday Concerts trace their history back to 1878 when the People’s Concert Society was formed for the purpose of “increasing the popularity of good music by means of affordable concerts”. The South Place Ethical Society acquired the concert series and, in 1929, had Conway Hall purpose built for them and, with the exception of the war years, the concerts seasons have continued ever since.

On Sunday September 15, 2019 at 6:30 pm (ends 8:30 pm)

Category: Live Music - Classical

Price:

On the door: GBP 14.0
Advance: GBP 12.0
Members: GBP 10.0
Under 26s: GBP 0.0

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