WE ARE SORRY TO ANNOUNCE THAT TREVOR PINNOCK HAS BEEN FORCED TO WITHDRAW FROM THIS CONCERT DUE TO ILL HEALTH. WE ARE PLEASED THAT BRADLEY CRESWICK IS ABLE TO STEP IN AT SHORT NOTICE TO DIRECT THIS PROGRAMME, WHICH REMAINS UNCHANGED.
Bradley Creswick director/leader
Ingrid Fliter piano
Royal Northern Sinfonia
Fauré Masques et bergamasques
Chopin Piano Concerto No.2
Busoni Berceuse élégiaque
Mozart Symphony No.31 ‘Paris’
They call Paris the ‘City of Light’: and whether it’s Frédéric Chopin making the salons swoon, the young Mozart dressing to impress with a spectacular new symphony, or Gabriel Fauré conjuring up a pastelcoloured dreamworld, this concert celebrates that unmistakably Parisian je-ne-sais-quoi.