Eduardo Portal conducts Barber
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This event took place on Tuesday 8 March 2016.
- Tuesday 8 March 2016
- Wycombe Swan
Eduardo Portal conducts Barber
Tue 8 Mar 2016
Wycombe Swan
Need to know
Repertoire
- Mozart The Marriage of Figaro Overture
- Sibelius Violin Concerto
- Barber Adagio for Strings
- Beethoven Symphony No.7
Features
- Eduardo Portal Conductor
- Matthew Trusler Violin
- Royal Philharmonic Orchestra
Location
Wycombe Swan
In no other violin concerto is the soloist’s first note, so delicately dissonant and offbeat, more beautiful than in Sibelius’ Violin Concerto. Performed by one of Britain’s leading violinists, Mathew Trusler, this piece demonstrates Sibelius’ passion for the violin and his complete understanding of the instrument's timbres.
Led by Spanish maestro Eduardo Portal, the Orchestra will open the concert with layers of lively strings in the Overture to Mozart’s spirited operatic masterpiece The Marriage of Figaro.
With its long, expressive lines and elegiac mood, Barber’s Adagio for Strings has been described as the American anthem of mourning, having been played at notable figures' funerals. Closing the concert will be Beethoven’s stirring Symphony No.7; a wonderful blend of orchestral gravitas and swelling tunes, which are recognisable from the award-winning film The King’s Speech.