Events Calendar
Carwithen Bishop Rock*
Elgar Cello Concerto
Debussy Prélude à l’après-midi d’un faune
Stravinsky The Firebird: Suite (1919)
Elena Schwarz Conductor
Zlatomir Fung (Artist-in-Residence) Cello
Demons, seascapes and green English fields – from Elgar’s Cello Concerto, to Stravinsky’s The Firebird.
With a burst of flame and a cascade of sparks, the magical Firebird leaps into life. When Igor Stravinsky composed his great ballet, he didn’t just imagine a world of enchanted princesses, courageous heroes and green-clawed demons - he let us hear it, too. That is our final destination tonight as conductor Elena Schwarz and the RPO set out on a fantastic musical voyage that opens on the storm-tossed seas of Bishop Rock, before sinking into the embrace of Debussy’s ravishing Prélude.
Along the way, the multi-award-winning young cello virtuoso Zlatomir Fung joins us for Elgar’s autumnal-but-evergreen Cello Concerto. You may already know and love it, but you’ve never heard it played like this.
*Kindly supported by the ABO Trust’s Sirens programme and The William Alwyn Foundation.
Large print versions and digital formats of the programme for this concert are available on request for customers with accessibility requirements. Please email your request to Doran Crowhurst crowhurstd@rpo.co.uk at least one full week before the performance.
Ticket information
Doors: 6.45pm
Concert starts: 7:30pm (approximate end time: 9.45pm)
Tickets: £47, £42, £35, £25, £15.
Series ticket discounts are available:
- book 2 or 3 concerts, save 15%
- book 4 or 5 concerts, save 25%
- book 6 or more concerts, save 30%
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Student tickets available, book via Student Pulse.
Under 18 offers apply: £5 for children aged 7–17 in bands B–E.
This event is not recommended for children under 5. All customers aged 14 years or below must be accompanied by an adult aged 18 years or over.
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Tickets for RPO Brent Members
A limited number of tickets are available for this performance at a special price for RPO Brent members in bands B–E.
To book tickets, members should make sure that they are logged into their RPO account. The offer will then automatically be applied in the basket.
Tickets are limited so if the offer is not applied that may be because there are no longer any tickets available for this offer.
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