
The Manchester Camerata is “redefining what an orchestra can do”. Under GáborTakács-Nagy, their new Music Director, it has “reinvented itself ”.
As a result, it was the winner of the Best Ensemble Award in the Royal Philharmonic Society’s Music Awards in May 2017. We are very lucky that the most exciting ensemble working in Britain today has agreed to come to Stamford in their award-winning year.
This concert starts with the Overture to the Marriage of Figaro. The opera almost didn’t get off the ground as the Beaumarchais play on which it is based was at first banned in Vienna. Weber wrote most of his clarinet music, including the Second Clarinet Concerto, in 1811 for the virtuoso, Heinrich Baermann. it was immediately successful and established his reputation as a composer. Brahms wrote his Second Symphony in 1877 during a visit to Carinthia. Its composition was brief in comparison to the 21 years he took to write his first. Brahms, of course, wrote the Second Symphony for a full symphony orchestra, so as with the other pieces in this programme, it has been transcribed for performance by a chamber orchestra.
Wed 13 Jun
Starting with Stravinsky, diving back to the Medieval, motoring with Mozart (ign...
Sat 27 Oct
The Band From County Hell are an original celtic folk band with 6 critically acc...
Fri 23 Nov
The Pop/Folk Sound of the 60's... The 60's saw the emergence of the pop/folk sound, loved by so many. It brou...
Fri 29 Jun
The Moonlighters are a quartet playing smooth jazz tunes and classic songs from...
Sat 9 Jun
For almost two decades, Kiki and Carmelo have been touring their spellbinding ac...
Sat 9 Jun
Celebrating the sound of a generation at some of the most iconic venues across t...
Fri 20 Apr
SUPPORTED BY SUNJAY Twice recent winners of the BBC Radio 2 Folk Award for Best...
Sat 14 Jul
Peterborough Voices regularly perform with world class musicians including the K...