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The Bold and The Beautiful

	The Bold and The Beautiful Sunday, 8 May, 3pm City Recital Hall, Angel Place Conductor ~ Dr Nicholas Milton Violin ~ Natsuko Yoshimoto Beethoven Egmont Overture Sibelius Violin Concerto in D Minor op. 47 Brahms Symphony No. 4 in E Minor Op. 98 "Under the baton of internationally acclaimed Chief Conductor, Dr Nicholas Milton, the Willoughby Symphony performs a powerhouse program of Romantic masterpieces. Beethoven’s most famous overture, Egmont, makes as stunning an opening to this concert as it does to the composer’s incidental music for the play by Goethe. Written at the same time as the Napoleonic wars, the prevailing heroic mood of the music captures the drama of Count Egmont’s ultimate sacrifice – his own life for the freedom of his people. Jean Sibelius famously fused his Finnish heritage with an inherent understanding of the potential of orchestral forms. The resulting sound world was an unlikely birthplace for his Violin Concerto in D Minor, a work that has become one of the most beloved concertos for the violin. It will receive a compelling performance in the virtuosic hands of Natsuko Yoshimoto, Concertmaster of the Adelaide Symphony Orchestra. Sibelius was revered by his slightly older contemporary Johannes Brahms, whose symphonies are widely regarded as the pinnacle of his oeuvre. The Symphony No. 4 seems to prove that it was Brahms’ ‘destiny’ to write for symphony orchestra – and this concert will prove that it was the Willoughby Symphony’s destiny to play it."

The Bold and The Beautiful
Sunday, 8 May, 3pm
City Recital Hall, Angel Place
Conductor ~ Dr Nicholas Milton
Violin ~ Natsuko Yoshimoto

Beethoven Egmont Overture
Sibelius Violin Concerto in D Minor op. 47
Brahms Symphony No. 4 in E Minor Op. 98

"Under the baton of internationally acclaimed Chief Conductor, Dr Nicholas Milton, the Willoughby Symphony performs a powerhouse program of Romantic masterpieces.

Beethoven’s most famous overture, Egmont, makes as stunning an opening to this concert as it does to the composer’s incidental music for the play by Goethe. Written at the same time as the Napoleonic wars, the prevailing heroic mood of the music captures the drama of Count Egmont’s ultimate sacrifice – his own life for the freedom of his people.

Jean Sibelius famously fused his Finnish heritage with an inherent understanding of the potential of orchestral forms. The resulting sound world was an unlikely birthplace for his Violin Concerto in D Minor, a work that has become one of the most beloved concertos for the violin. It will receive a compelling performance in the virtuosic hands of Natsuko Yoshimoto, Concertmaster of the Adelaide Symphony Orchestra.

Sibelius was revered by his slightly older contemporary Johannes Brahms, whose symphonies are widely regarded as the pinnacle of his oeuvre. The Symphony No. 4 seems to prove that it was Brahms’ ‘destiny’ to write for symphony orchestra – and this concert will prove that it was the Willoughby Symphony’s destiny to play it."