Name: Beethoven and Ravel at Victoria hall, Hanley
Start: 2023-03-03T00:00:00.000Z
End: 2023-03-03T00:00:00.000Z
Location: Victoria Hall

Organization

Conductor

Ben Gernon

Instrumentalist

Juan Pérez Floristán

Piano

BBC Philharmonic

Orchestra

Beethoven and Ravel at Victoria hall, Hanley

Stoke-on-Trent

United Kingdom

Victoria Hall

Public

The Fair Helen

Carnival in Paris, op. 9

Piano Concerto in G Major

Symphony No. 5

Approved

The BBC Philharmonic return to Victoria Hall with conductor Ben Gernon for this performance featuring Beethoven’s famous Symphony No. 5 and Ravel’s Piano Concerto in G with soloist Juan Pérez Floristán.

The concert begins with the sparkling music of Offenbach’s spoof on the Greek myth of Helen of Troy La Belle Hélène. Telling the story of the rivalry between Paris and Hèléne’s husband Menelaus for her favour.

Complimenting this will be Norwegian composer Svendsen’s Carnival in Paris - the second of three carnival pieces in Svendsen’s oeuvre, filled with Romanticism, this piece has become one of Svendsen’s most frequently played works.

The BBC Philharmonic will be joined by pianist Juan Pérez Floristàn to perform Ravel’s Piano Concerto in G Major. The light-hearted piece fulfils Ravel’s aim to write something fanciful and entertaining.

Ending the concert is the instantly recognisable four notes of Beethoven’s 5th Symphony, a heroic journey from darkness to light, shifting in tone throughout before ending in triumph.

English

Beethoven and Ravel at Victoria hall, Hanley by Offenbach, Svendsen, Ravel, Beethoven, Ó (2023/2023), Seoltóir Ben Gernon, Victoria Hall, Stoke-on-Trent, United Kingdom

Creidmheasanna feidhmíochta (Foireann & Criú )

Ensemble

Clár, Eolas & Achoimre

Tuilleadh léitheoireachta

Dátaí & Ionaid Feidhmíochta

Ionaid