The Grand Tour - CANCELLED (COVID-19)
Time & Location
About the Event
Marta Fontanals-Simmons (mezzo-soprano) Hilary Davan Wetton (conductor)
Prelude to Act 1, from Die Meistersinger von Nürnberg, 'The Mastersingers of Nuremburg' - Richard Wagner
Sea Pictures Op 37 - Sir Edward Elgar
Suite No 1 from 'Carmen' - Georges Bizet
Overture, from William Tell - Gioachino Rossini
Vltava (Die Moldau), from Má vlast - Bedrich Smetana
Romeo and Juliet Fantasy Overture - Pyotr Tchaikovsky
Tickets via https://www.parkwoodtheatres.co.uk/The-Hawth/Show/eece577b-d98d-e911-a99b-fa065539944e/rpo-the-grand-tour
Join the Royal Philharmonic Orchestra on a grand tour of the best of European orchestral music. Among the iconic works is Rossini’s William Tell Overture with its galloping pace and signature chest-bursting brass. Other highlights include mezzo-soprano Marta Fontanals-Simmons who joins the orchestra for Elgar’s Sea Pictures. The concert concludes with Tchaikovsky’s last word on romance, his glorious Romeo and Juliet Fantasy Overture which makes full use of the Royal Philharmonic Orchestra’s sweeping string section.