Saturday 16 October 2010 - 7.30 pmSt Mark's Broomhill
| Rimsky-Korsakov | Sinfonietta on Russian Themes |
| Stravinsky | Symphonies of wind instruments |
| Tchaikovsky | Symphony no. 4 |
| Sinead Hayes, conductor |
Three different ways of writing symphonies in Russia, with vastly different results. Rimsky-Korsakov’s Sinfonietta is light easy listening (though none the worse for that); the Stravinsky is a wonderful juxtaposition of unconnected phrases which somehow cohere in a short but powerful musical utterance; Tchaikovsky’s 4th Symphony is a strong romantic ‘darkness to light’ symphony: starting from the depths of human despair it ends in an apotheosis of joy.