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RSS Feed - All eventsThe Spirit Of The Triennial Festival Orchestra of the Age of Enlightenment
Thu 1 Nov 6:30pm at Town Hall
In celebration of the re-opening of Town Hall, we recreate, with period instruments, a concert that might have been heard in the heyday of Birmingham’s great Triennial Festival. Between 1834 and 1912 many leading composers came to conduct their own works, ranging from Mendelssohn, Grieg and Dvorak through to Elgar. This unique event reflects the grandeur of the original concerts (note the starting time!) and includes works by Mendelssohn, Sullivan and Grieg, many originally commissioned for Birmingham and first heard in Town Hall.
Please note: This concert has two intervals.
£5-£40 TH Classical Plan. Central Choir Benches not available.
Concert lasts approx. 3 hours.
Richard Hickox Conductor
Joan Rodgers Soprano
James Gilchrist Tenor
Melvyn Tan Piano
Thomas Trotter Organ
Introduced by
Lyndon Jenkins
Cherubini Overture, Anacreon
Mozart Mitradi ( Don Giovanni )
Haydn In native worth (The Creation)
Bach Prelude and Fugue in E flat, St Anne
Mendelssohn Excerpts from Elijah
Mendelssohn Piano Concerto No 2
Elgar Contrasts (Three Characteristic Pieces)
Gounod Judex (Mors et Vita)
Grieg Songs with Orchestra
Sullivan Overture di Ballo
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