When visiting the afternoon concert at the Congress Theatre, make a cultural day of it!
- And reserve lunch at the excellent Light Restaurant at Towner
Beethoven’s Seventh
Sun 27 Oct 2024, 3.00pm - BOOK HERE
Repertoire
Sibelius Finlandia (8’)
Dvořák Cello Concerto (40’)
Beethoven Symphony No. 7 (36’)
Artists
Vinay Parameswaran, Conductor
Sterling Elliott, Cello*
*Alexandra Jupin Award recipient. An annual award for an artist making their debut with the London Philharmonic Orchestra.
‘Parameswaran’s gentle, nuanced and detailed interpretation was extraordinary.’
– Music City Review
Beethoven set out to make the whole world drunk with joy, and from first note to last, his Seventh Symphony simply blazes with pure, irrepressible life-force. It’s a torrent, a celebration, a cosmic dance. Sounds like we’re overselling it? Just wait until you hear the Seventh played live by the full London Philharmonic Orchestra under our dynamic guest conductor Vinay Parameswaran. But then, everything about this concert is off-the-scale: from Sibelius’s stirring hymn to freedom, to the unchained melody of Dvořák’s glorious Cello Concerto – an ideal showcase for the inspirational young American cellist Sterling Elliott.
‘The key hallmarks of his playing were the singing quality and the nostalgia he brought to this score.’
Cincinnati Business Courier on Sterling Elliott's performance of Dvořák’s Cello Concerto
