24 February 2012
Cardiff Philharmonic Orchestra-Favourite Classics
7:30 PM
CPO’s season continues a programme of favourite classics opening with one of Rossini’s most sparkling overtures, The Thieving Magpie. Dvorak's Symphony No. 8 must be one of the most life enhancing pieces of music ever written..
More InfoBook Now25 February 2012

BBC National Chorus of Wales
Sibelian Landscapes
Conductor Jac van Steen
Violin Akiko Suwanai
Mezzo Soprano Jane Irwin
Sibelius Tapiola
Sibelius Violin Concerto
Elgar The Music Makers
Tapiola, god of the Finnish pine forests, inspired Sibelius's most elemental work, full of the quiet terror of the forest and culminating in one of the most furious storms in all music - it will have you grabbing the arms of your seat. Like Tapiola, Sibelius's Violin Concerto will draw you into a powerful dark natural world of intense slow-burning passion. Elgar's The Music Makers is one of his most private and personal works, with nostalgic quotations from his other music woven into the fabric.
Akiko Suwanai brings a unique musical and personal allure to the violin that has led to celebrated performances throughout the world under conductors of the quality of Boulez and Gergiev.
£10.00 - £26.00