Venue: Royal Concert Hall
Running time: 2 hours, estimated end time: 9.30pm
Important Information
Age Guidance: 7+
Under 14s must be accompanied by an adult aged 18+
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Ben Gernon conductor
Zlatomir Fung cello
Dukas The Sorcerer’s Apprentice
Elgar Cello Concerto
Walton Symphony No. 1
Two outstanding young talents unite for this dramatic programme. The BBC Philharmonic’s former Principal Guest Conductor opens proceedings with Dukas’s cautionary musical tale of the hapless would-be sorcerer whose misuse of magic leads to a domestic tsunami. American cellist Zlatomir Fung has the world at his feet since he won the Gold Medal at last year’s International Tchaikovsky Competition, the youngest competitor to do so in the cello category. For his first visit to Nottingham he brings Elgar’s autumnal Cello Concerto, a poignant farewell to a world blown apart by the First World War.
A different kind of emotional energy drives William Walton’s First Symphony, which reflects the turbulent episodes in his life during its creation. His intense relationships with two women – Imma von Doernberg and Alice Wimborne – define its edge-of-the-seat emotions, from the ratcheting tension of the searing first movement, to the hand-wringing of its fraught slow movement, marked ‘con malinconia’. Finally, in an abrupt shift of mood, Walton ends the symphony with fanfares and an upbeat fugue, revelling in the heraldic brilliance of his greatest ceremonial and film music.
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Groups 10+
Save 20% off full price tickets, excluding £9.50 and £11.50 seats. Please contact our Group Sales team on 0115 989 5555 to book.
Groups 20+
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Family and Friends Ticket
£64 for up to 4 people (maximum of 2 adults and £6 for each additional child). You’ll also get a free programme. Please note: We welcome children aged 7+ to Nottingham Classics concerts. Family tickets not available online. Please contact the Box Office on 0115 989 5555 to book.
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Bargain Seats
£9.50 available from 12pm on the day of the concert, subject to availability.
Free pre-concert talk, 6.20pm in the auditorium:
Ben Gernon in conversation.