SOT Classics - Halle Orchestra

Soloist: Ailish Tynan - Soprano

You have not seen the New Year in until you have raised a glass of champagne to Vienna ‘the city of dreams’. Stephen Bell returns to conduct our annual Viennese concert.

Enjoy the wonderful memories of the Strauss family with guest Irish soprano Ailish Tynan.

Programme:

Suppé - Light Cavalry Overture

Lehar - On My Lips

Strauss - Egyptian March

Strauss - Tik Tak Polka

Strauss - Laughing Song

Lanner - New Year Galop

R. Strauss - Morgen

Korngold - Straussiana

Strauss - Gypsy Baron Overture

Strauss - Elyen a Magyar

Heuberger - Im Chambre Separee

Strauss - Memories of Covent Garden

Farnon - Westminster Waltz

Stolz - Du Solst Der Kaiser

Strauss - Blue Danube

Fri 23 Feb 2024 - Romeo and Juliet

Conductor: Maxime Pascal

Soloist: Tom Borrow

‘What light through yonder window breaks’? In 1930’s Russia Prokofiev retold the story of Shakespeare’s star-crossed lovers with melodies of steel and heart of pure gold. Beethoven never wrote a darker piano concerto than his Third but it’s also the most intimate and there’s no better showcase for the brilliance and wit of the outstanding Tom Borrow as he makes his Stoke-on-Trent debut.

Programme:

Brahms - Tragic Overture

Beethoven - Piano Concerto No.3

Prokofiev - Romeo and Juliet (excerpts)

Fri 22 Mar 2024 - Finnish Skies

Conductor: Kristiina Poska

Soloist: Jess Gillam

Once upon a time Felix Mendelssohn took a boat trip to the Hebrides and heard the waves sing a timeless tune. The sensational Cumbrian saxophonist, Jess Gillam, performs Briggflatts, specially written for her by John Harle. Sibelius’s powerful first symphony will make a fine finale to the programme.

Programme:

Mendelssohn - The Hebrides (Fingal’s Cave)

Harle - Briggflatts

Sibelius - Symphony No.1