The Royal Philharmonic Orchestra, with Vasily Petrenko conducting and Bertrand Chamayou on piano, plays Tchaikovsky, Saint-Saëns and Stravinsky's The Firebird.
The Royal Philharmonic Orchestra are back at Hull City Hall on Saturday 20 March, part of their annual season here in the city. They've been Hull's Resident Orchestra since 2014, and this concert falls within the city's Classics series, so it's one of the regular fixtures they bring to the hall each year.
The programme is built around Stravinsky's The Firebird, the 1945 suite from the ballet. It's a big, colourful piece of writing, and the evening opens with Tchaikovsky's Romeo and Juliet Fantasy Overture, followed by Saint-Saëns' Piano Concerto No. 2, with French pianist Bertrand Chamayou taking the solo part. Vasily Petrenko conducts the whole thing, and he describes the night as an adventure of sound and story, with The Firebird at the centre. The ballet's music gives voice to enchanted princesses, courageous heroes and green-clawed demons, so the programme moves from the romantic sweep of Tchaikovsky through the concerto and into Stravinsky's fairy-tale world.
It's worth remembering that the RPO does more in Hull than just these concerts. They run Meet the Musicians sessions, open rehearsals, and pre-concert talks, and they've got STROKESTRA®, an award-winning programme they run with the Hull Integrated Community Stroke Service that uses group creative music-making to help people recover from stroke. They also partner with the University of Hull, giving students a chance to work with them and get a proper look at how the music industry operates. So when they're on stage at the City Hall, there's a fair bit of work happening behind the scenes across the city that doesn't always make it into the programme.
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One practical thing to keep in mind: some productions may contain flashing and strobe lighting effects and haze, so if that's something you need to be aware of, it's worth noting before you book. Tickets start from £19.00, and the concert begins at 7:30 PM on Saturday 20 March at Hull City Hall, Kingston Square, HU1 3HF.
