sinfonia ViVA in Derby

Tuesday 23rd November 2010 at 7.30pm - Talking Music from 6.30pm
Assembly Rooms, Derby
Tickets: £15 to £27
Box Office: 01332 255800
Online booking available

• Schubert: Symphony No.2 in B flat, D125
• Weill: Violin Concerto
• Mozart: Symphony No.39

sinfonia ViVA's Leader Benedict Holland is the soloist in tonight's powerful programme of classics with Principal Conductor André de Ridder.

Begun in 1814 and finished the following year, Schubert's bright Symphony No.2 was dedicated to Innocenz Lang, the headmaster of his former school, and may have been intended as a gift for performance there. Its first public premiere is thought to have been in London in 1877. The piece's opening bears a close resemblance to Beethoven's overture to The Creatures of Prometheus.

Although much of Weill's output was intended for the stage, he nevertheless produced a number of purely orchestral works in their own right. One such was his Violin Concerto which originates from 1924. A vibrant, intense work of obvious strength, the work epitomises the complexity that was to become Weill's trademark.

Mozart was nearing the end of his symphonic output when he produced the Symphony No.39 – only 2 further compositions would follow, also in 1788. The overall impression of the piece, particularly early on, is one of gentleness and warmth, punctuated by occasional forays into more energetic and urgent moments.

Supported by Rolls-Royce plc, Derby City Council, Derby LIVE, Orchestras Live and Arts Council England