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UNIVERSITY SINFONIA
Sunday 6 December 2015 7:30pm
Shostakovich Festive Overture
Khachaturian Masquerade Suite
Mussorgsky Night on Bald Mountain
Vaughan Williams Symphony No.5
Alex Rickells & Neil Smith Conductors
University Sinfonia’s Autumn concert contrasts music from East and West. The concert opens in Russia with Shostakovich’s energetic Festive Overture. Following this is the Masquerade Suite by Khachaturian, friend of Shostakovich, characterised by its grand dance movements and elegant slower movements. Mussorgsky’s thrilling Night on Bald Mountain concludes the first half. The second half moves to England with Vaughan Williams’s beautiful Symphony No. 5.
Running time : 1hr 40mins incl interval
Great Hall, Trent Building, University Park NG7 2RD
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