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sinfonia ViVA with Natalie Clein

Tuesday 2nd November 2010 at 7.30pm
Royal Concert Hall, Nottingham
Tickets: £10 to £32
Box Office: 0115 989 5555
Online booking available

Natalie Clein, Cello - photo credit Ray Burmiston

"Clein plays everything with passion." - The Times

... followed by AFTER:hours late-night concert: 9.40pm - 10.15pm (approx.) in the auditorium. Free admission to sinfonia ViVA bookers. £3 for non-bookers - tickets available on the door only. Programme as follows:

Principal Conductor André de Ridder and sinfonia ViVA are joined by the internationally celebrated cellist Natalie Clein for tonight's concert in Nottingham. Natalie first came to the world's attention when, aged 16 she won the BBC's Young Musician of the Year and in the same year (1994) was the first ever British winner of the Eurovision Competition for Young Musicians. Her exceptional musicality has since earned her a number of prestigious prizes including the Classical Brit Award for Young British Performer of 2005, and in 2008, she was nominated in the Classical Brits' Best Female Artist category.

Stravinsky's ballet Pulcinella was a turning point in the composer's work as he moved into his neoclassical phase. Having a single act structure, it premiered in Paris in 1920 with set design and costume by Picasso. The Suite derives from the ballet, and like the ballet itself which was revised in the late 1940's, Stravinsky would go on to rework it as late as 1965.

A hugely challenging three movement work for a cellist, Barber's 1945 Cello Concerto in A Minor, Op22 was composed for the Russian cellist Raya Garbousova. It won Barber an award shortly after, and its popularity has steadily increased with time.

Sibelius composed the Symphony No.3 in C Major Op.52 in 1907. In the context of the 7 symphonies he composed and which account for much of his enduring popularity, No.3 has an enjoyable simplicity which sets it apart from both the more overtly gushing qualities of Nos 1 and 2 and the gravity of those that would follow.

And for those thirsty for more music, there's a special AFTER:hours late-night concert from 9.40pm to 10.15pm (approx.) featuring a second gorgeous helping of Stravinsky in the form of his Octet, plus Composer in the House Anna Meredith's own composition Octet inspired by the piece, as well as an enchanting performance by Natalie Clein of Bach's Cello Suite No.2.

Supported by sinfonia ViVA, Britten-Pears Foundation and Arts Council England. The AFTER:hours concert is additionally supported by Orchestras Live. Composer in the House is a Royal Philharmonic Society and PRS for Music Foundation initiative.