Chester Philharmonic March concert: Fantasy and Fable from Russia at Chester Cathedral, Chester on Saturday 7th March 2020

Please note: This concert is in the past and has already taken place.

Chester Philharmonic March concert

Fantasy and Fable from Russia

Add to my Calendar 07-03-2020 19:30 07-03-2020 21:30 36 Chester Philharmonic March concert Of the three composers you will hear this evening, two were born in St Petersburg and the third was a professor at the St Petersburg Conservatoire. As if that were not enough coincidence, our soloist is from…St Petersburg too and what better choice of music to demonstrate the talent from that city and illustrate our theme of ”Fable and Fantasy” than  Liadov’s overture Kikimora  and Rimsky-Korsakov’s Scheherazade.  Savva  Zverev our young Russian from St Petersburg who will perform Shostakovich’s first violin concerto is currently studying  at the RNCM in Manchester.  At the age of 7 he entered the Central Music School of the Moscow Conservatoire and has performed throughout Europe and the USA.  Chester Cathedral, Chester DD/MM/YYYY

Details

Chester Cathedral
Saint Werburgh Street
Chester
Cheshire
CH1 2DY
England

Saturday 7th March 2020
7:30 PM

Programme

Anatoly Lyadov – Kikimora, Op.63
Dmitry Shostakovich – Violin Concerto no.1 in A minor, Op.77
~ Interval ~
Nikolay Rimsky-Korsakov – Scheherazade, Op.35

Performers

Savva Zverev – violin
David Chatwin – Conductor

Chester Philharmonic Orchestra

Programme Note

Of the three composers you will hear this evening, two were born in St Petersburg and the third was a professor at the St Petersburg Conservatoire. As if that were not enough coincidence, our soloist is from…St Petersburg too and what better choice of music to demonstrate the talent from that city and illustrate our theme of ”Fable and Fantasy” than Liadov’s overture Kikimora and Rimsky-Korsakov’s Scheherazade.

Savva Zverev our young Russian from St Petersburg who will perform Shostakovich’s first violin concerto is currently studying at the RNCM in Manchester. At the age of 7 he entered the Central Music School of the Moscow Conservatoire and has performed throughout Europe and the USA.

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