Vienna Tonkunstler Orchestra

Tue 8 Feb 2011 8pm

Butterworth Hall £35 (£33), £32 (£30), £28 (£27), £24 (£23), £18, (£17), £11

Conductor: Andres Orozco-Estrada

Orchestra: Piano – Natasha Paremski

Mozart – Overture to The Marriage of Figaro
Beethoven – Piano Concerto No.5 in E flat, Op.73 (Emperor)
Interval
Bruckner – Symphony No.1 in C minor

The Tonkünstler Orchestra, founded just over a century ago, are considered one of Vienna’s most distinguished orchestras. The programme opens with the effervescent Overture to Mozart’s The Marriage of Figaro, followed by a welcome return visit from pianist Natasha Paremski, who gained a rapturous reception performing with the Royal Philharmonic Orchestra here in March 2010.

In the second half there’s a rare opportunity to hear Bruckner’s First Symphony. Composed in 1866, this marked the start of Bruckner’s epic symphonic journey that continued until 1892. Although infrequently performed, it stands comparison with all the great symphonies that Bruckner was destined to compose in the years to come and the opportunity to hear this work should not be missed.

Pre-Concert Talk
Conference Room 6.45pm
Tickets £2, Subscribers £1
Brian Midgley, lecturer in Music at the University of Warwick, talks about the works in tonight’s programme.

Butterworth Hall

With a maximum capacity of 2000 standing or 1500 seated this concert hall has an outstanding natural acoustic and is the home of our International Concert Series, as well as the majority of our music gigs and big name comedians. Butterworth Hall has recently had a £6.9 million redevelopment and reopened in autumn 2009 .