Saturday 24th March

Brief Encounter
St George’s Bristol
​7.30pm

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Soloists

Nicholas Oliver Piano
Charlie Lovell-Jones Violin
Rebecca Evans Soprano
Keith Tempest Cello

William Goodchild Conductor
Victoria Medland Guest Leader
 

Programme

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Wagner Liebestod from Tristan und Isolde
Rachmaninov Piano Concerto No. 2
Lovell-Jones "Cariad Cyntaf"  (First Love)
Strauss Death and Transfiguration
Tchaikovsky Andante Cantabile

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Four outstanding soloists join Bristol Symphony for Brief Encounter, an evening of music exploring themes of love, life, death and transfiguration.

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Rachmaninov’s Second Piano Concerto, featured in David Lean’s 1945 film Brief Encounter, is one of the composer’s most enduringly popular pieces. We welcome pianist Nicholas Oliver as soloist.

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Tonight’s performance of Cariad Cyntaf (First Love) by Charlie Lovell-Jones - an outstanding young talent - is a Bristol premiere. Charlie appears as violin soloist alongside international soprano, Rebecca Evans.

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Following Strauss’s tone poem Death and Transfiguration, the concert concludes with Tchaikovsky’s intimate Andante Cantabile for cello and strings, with soloist Keith Tempest.

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Our concert is dedicated to the memory of cellist, Sara Lovell: colleague, dear friend and family member.

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Soloists' Bios

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Nicholas Oliver

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Charlie Lovell-Jones

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Rebecca Evans

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Keith Tempest

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Celebrating the life of Sara Lovell

Love, Life, Death and Transfiguration

Read all about Sara Lovell (HERE)

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