Enigma Variations with Adam Hickox
Super talent Adam Hickox, who learnt his trade as assistant conductor with our orchestra, now makes his debut with a big symphonic programme.
Ravel said that La valse was simply an ode to Viennese three-four time. But his contemporaries, shortly after World War I, felt that the intense rhythms represented a grotesque commentary on current affairs. We can also speculate on the composer’s true intentions in the case of Schnittke – a master in the art of wrong-footing – and in Elgar’s glorious Enigma Variations. Will this concert give us the answers?
Programme & performers
Schnittke
Viola Concerto
Ravel
La valse
Elgar
Enigma Variations
An hour prior to these concerts there is a concert introduction in the Van Cappellenzaal.