FORTHCOMING CONCERTS
Cardiff Philharmonic Orchestra's 2011 - 2012 concerts
Friday 24 February 2012 at 7.30pm
St David's Hall, Cardiff
Favourite Classics
Cardiff Philharmonic Orchestra
Michael Bell - Conductor
| Rossini | The Thieving Magpie Overture |
| Dvorak | Symphony No. 8 in G Major |
| Elgar | Enigma Variations |
CPO's season continues a programme of favourite classics opening with one of Rossini's most sparkling overtures, The Thieving Magpie. Dvořák's Symphony No. 8 must be one of the most life enhancing pieces of music ever written, and is based on Bohemian folk music that Dvorak so loved.
The programme is completed with Elgar's best loved work, his Enigma Variations, the work that catapulted him to world fame in 1899. It's a series of portraits in music of a group of Elgar's friends including the deeply moving Nimrod and finally Elgar's own magnificent self portrait.
Tickets £5.00 - £18.00 (concessions available) now on sale at St David's Hall Box Office on 029 2087 8444 or online at www.stdavidshallcardiff.co.uk
Saturday 3 March 2012 at 7.00pm
Follies Theatre, Folly Farm, Pembrokeshire
Favourite Classics
Cardiff Philharmonic Orchestra
Michael Bell - Conductor
| Rossini | The Thieving Magpie Overture |
| Dvorak | Symphony No. 8 in G Major |
| Elgar | Enigma Variations |
CPO returns to Follies Theatre with a programme of favourite classics opening with one of Rossini's most sparkling overtures, The Thieving Magpie. Dvořák's Symphony No. 8 must be one of the most life enhancing pieces of music ever written, and is based on Bohemian folk music that Dvorak so loved.
The programme is completed with Elgar's best loved work, his Enigma Variations, the work that catapulted him to world fame in 1899. It's a series of portraits in music of a group of Elgar's friends including the deeply moving Nimrod and finally Elgar's own magnificent self portrait.
Tickets £12.00 (Proceeds to Friends of South Pembs Hospital and Rotary Charities)
Available from Folly Farm Box Office 01834 812731
Saturday 23 June 2012 at 7.30pm
St David's Hall, Cardiff
CPO 30th Birthday Concert
Cardiff Philharmonic Orchestra
Michael Bell - Conductor
Richard McMahon - Piano
| Hoddinott | Welsh Dances |
| Rachmaninov | Piano Concerto No. 2 |
| Gershwin | An American in Paris |
| Respighi | The Pines of Rome |
Cardiff Philharmonic Orchestra invites you to join the party celebrating 30 years of music making.
Alun Hoddinott's exuberant Welsh Dances open the programme. Richard McMahon is the soloist in one of the best loved of all concertos, Rachmaninov's Piano Concerto No. 2, a richly romantic work with its ‘Brief Encounter' associations.
Gershwin's An American in Paris brings to life Paris in the 1920s with its high spirits and succession of great Gershwin tunes.
And finally the work for which the word spectacular could have been invented, Respighi's The Pines of Rome. A huge orchestra will be painting vivid colours of the history and sights of Rome, providing a tumultuous close to the concert.
Tickets £5.00 - £18.00 (concessions available) now on sale at St David's Hall Box Office on 029 2087 8444 or online at www.stdavidshallcardiff.co.uk