sinfonia ViVA with Colin Currie

Wednesday 6th October 2010 at 7.30pm
Lincoln Drill Hall
Tickets: £12 (£10 concessions / £7 students) & accompanied under 16s free - tickets on sale from 1st August 2010
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• Stravinsky: Apollo (version for string orchestra)
• Schwertsik: Now You Hear Me, Now You Don't
• Mozart: Divertimento K136

sinfonia ViVA directed by Benedict Holland renews its long association with the amazing talent that is Colin Currie in this exciting programme of compelling classics.

Stravinsky gravitated to Greek mythology for his luscious composition Apollo, based on the leader of the muses. Originally titled Apollon Musagète (Apollo, conductor of the Muses), the work was begun in 1927 and premiered the following year. The European production of the work, in which he collaborated with George Ballanchine, achieved wide popularity. Stravinsky would later make small changes to the score in 1947, and Ballanchine a major revision in 1978 which omitted the prologue. Tonight's version is that for string orchestra.

Kurt Schwertsik is the Austrian-born founder of the Third Viennese School and composer of orchestral, stage, vocal and chamber music. Colin Currie performed the premiere of his Marimba Concerto in London in February 2009. The title Now You Hear Me, Now You Don't reflects the delicate coming-and-going presence of the marimba throughout the five gorgeous movements of this bright, engaging and mesmerising work. Colin Currie talks about the piece here [external link].

Mozart's Divertimento K136 is one of a collection of three divertimenti he wrote in Spring 1772. Its involving and warmly resonant themes have a youthful nature, and the piece displays a lively energy. Musical beauty personified...

Gorgeous classical melodies and virtuosic performances... Come and be entertained by sinfonia ViVA!

Supported by sinfonia ViVA, Lincoln Drill Hall, Lincoln City Council, Orchestras Live and Arts Council England