The High Sheriff's Concert

Venue

Milton Keynes Theatre

12 November 2006
19:30

Agenda

Mendelssohn	Overture Midsummernight's Dream
Beethoven	Violin Concerto in D major Op.6
Wagner	Overture Tannhäuser
Vaughan Williams	English Folk Song Suite
D	Slavonic Dances Op. 46

 

Conductor	Hilary Davan Wetton
Soloist	Mayuko Katsumura

 

 

 

Whilst Mendelssohn wrote his overture to the Shakespeare play at just 17 years old, his genius further introduced us all to Beethoven's Olympian violin concerto and gave Wagner's overture it's first life as a concert work. Now one of the highest rated violin concertos ever, Mendelssohn, as a conductor established the work by promoting a young and upcoming virtuoso violinist - today we are delighted to welcome Mayuko Katsumurawho who made her London debut with the work to great critical acclaim earlier this year. The folk songs and dances are both superb representations of the music the composers' native countries...... welcome to the High Sheriff.

Pre-concert talk with Adrian Boynton at 6.30pm in the auditorium