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| Northern Chamber Orchestra (Picture: Sara Porter, 2022) |
The theme of Mozart on Tour threads its manner via the Northern Chamber Orchestra’s 2024/25 season of concert events in Macclesfield (largely however not solely at The King’s College). Nevertheless it is not simply Mozart, with a season that includes works by Anna Thorvaldsdottir, John Adams, George Walker, Schnittke, and Judith Weir
The season opens with Mozart in Paris with Ellie Slorach conducting Symphony No.13 (Paris) and the Requiem with Manchester Chamber choir. Then in December focus strikes to Linz for Mozart’s Symphony No. 36 (Linz) directed by Katie Stillman in a live performance that additionally consists of Raphael Wallfisch in Tchaikovsky’s Rococo Variations and music by Anna Thorvaldsdottir. In Vienna, we get Mozart’s Piano Concerto No. 23 with Benedict Holland directing with soloist Jeneba-Kanneh Mason plus Symphony No. 35 (Haffner) plus music by John Adams and George Walker. And the season ends in Prague with Zoe Beyers directing Mozart’s Symphony No. 38 (Prague) plus Haydn’s Symphony No.45 (‘Farewell’), Schnittke’s Moz-Artwork a la Haydn and Judith Weir’s Nonetheless, Glowing.
Different concert events characteristic Philip Herbert’s Elegy (In Memoriam Stephen Lawrence), Jennifer Pike in Mendelssohn’s Violin Concerto, Caplet’s Suite Persane, Shostakovich, Neilsen, Bruckner, Jessie Montgomery and far else moreover.
Full particulars from the orchestra’s web site.
