Kingston Philharmonia will be marking the start of Spring with a concert at the United Reformed Church, Kingston, at 7.30pm on Saturday - and there may be some surprises in store.
Violin virtuoso Clare Howick will be playing Bruch’s violin concerto, although it is not the concerto that you might expect. The composer wrote three of them and Howick, a Kingston resident, will tackle his second concerto in D minor. The piece premiered in London over 120 years ago, but has been overshadowed by Bruch’s better known first concerto.
Sibelius is another composer who is associated with one piece by many people – Finlandia. Yet he was an accomplished symphonist, and Kingston Philharmonia will be demonstrating this with a performance of his Third Symphony during Saturday’s concert.
Conductor Levon Parikian says: “This work is Sibelius at his most economical and inventive. It deserves to be heard more frequently because it is full of beauty and the unexpected - so typical of Sibelius at his best. Audiences really like it.”
The concert programme will also feature a performance of Weber’s Overture to his opera Der Freischutz – which roughly translates as The Marksman.
Kingston Philharmonia, United Reformed Church, Eden Street, Kingston, March 13, 7.30pm, £10/£9(concessions)/£2 (children),
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