Vasily Petrenko conducts Saint-Saëns and Strauss

Dates
23 March 2023, 7:30pm

Venue
Amaryllis Fleming Concert Hall

Tickets
£20, £15; £10 under 35

To access discounted under-35s tickets, please select your seat and on the following page select the Under 35 ticket type. Please ensure that you have also inputted your date of birth in your online account. You may be asked to show proof of age eligibility when you attend your booked performance. The discount applies to the cheapest price band only and will be applied at checkout. Full terms and conditions are available here.

Vasily Petrenko smiling, sitting on an ornate sofa

23 March 2023, 7:30pm

Venue
Amaryllis Fleming Concert Hall

Tickets
£20, £15; £10 under 35

To access discounted under-35s tickets, please select your seat and on the following page select the Under 35 ticket type. Please ensure that you have also inputted your date of birth in your online account. You may be asked to show proof of age eligibility when you attend your booked performance. The discount applies to the cheapest price band only and will be applied at checkout. Full terms and conditions are available here.

Vasily Petrenko conductor
Shizuku Tatsuno cello
RCM Symphony Orchestra

Bacewicz Overture
Saint-Saëns Cello Concerto no 1 in A minor op 33
R Strauss Also sprach Zarathustra op 30

The Royal College of Music is thrilled to welcome Vasily Petrenko, world-renowned conductor and Music Director of the Royal Philharmonic Orchestra.

RCM Concerto Competition winner Shizuku Tatsuno takes the spotlight as soloist in Saint-Saëns' virtuosic piece considered by many – including Shostakovich and Rachmaninov – to be the greatest of all cello concertos.

The RCM Symphony Orchestra also brings you Grażyna Bacewicz's energetic and powerful Overture, which premiered in Poland in 1945, and Richard Strauss’ tone poem Also sprach Zarathustra, with its stunning 'Sunrise' fanfare you’ll recognise from Stanley Kubrick's 1968 film 2001: A Space Odyssey.

This concert is also taking place on 24 March, which will be a live streamed performance.

Supported by Her Serene Highness Heidi Princess von Hohenzollern HonRCM

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