This eighth concert begins with the stirring Adagio from Spartacus - made popular by the TV series The Onedin Line.
Nicolai Myaskovsky composed in the tuneful tradition of his teachers Glière, Lyadov and Rimsky-Korsakov, and became known as the father of the Russian symphony – his 27th (and last) being the finest – a truly unjustly neglected masterpiece. Mussorgsky's glittering Pictures at an Exhibition, as stunningly orchestrated by Ravel, needs little introduction to concert audiences – as a descriptive musical portrayal of works of art by Victor Hartmann during his travels abroad.
22 May
Cornerstone Arts and Entertainments Centre, Didcot
