Derby Concert Orchestra concert with Marcus Pashley conducting and George Boyes as soloist, with Ravel, Saint-Saƫns and Mussorgsky.
Derby Concert Orchestra are back at Derby Cathedral on Saturday 13 March 2027, with a programme they've titled Pictures in Motion. It's a full evening of orchestral music, and the line-up brings together three names that don't usually share a bill: Ravel, Saint-Saƫns and Mussorgsky.
The night opens with Ravel's La Valse, a piece that starts as a slow waltz and gradually builds into something far more frantic and unsettled. From there, the focus shifts to the soloist: violinist George Boyes takes the lead for Saint-Saƫns' Violin Concerto No. 3, a work that lets the violin do a fair bit of the heavy lifting. The second half returns to Ravel, this time in the form of Mussorgsky's Pictures at an Exhibition, as arranged by Ravel. It's one of those pieces that's become a staple of the orchestral repertoire, built around a series of vivid musical portraits.
Marcus Pashley is conducting the whole thing, with George Boyes as the evening's soloist. The programme runs from the early 20th-century textures of Ravel through to the Romantic sweep of Saint-Saƫns, and finally to Mussorgsky's imagery, all within the same concert.
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The performance starts at 7:00pm at Derby Cathedral, so you'll want to be in your seat a bit before then if you're planning to catch the first note. It's a Saturday night in the city centre, and the whole thing runs through three distinct pieces of music, from the waltz to the concerto and on to the exhibition.
