Music | Barber Evening
Concerts | Academy of Ancient Music
Wednesday 24 February 2010
at 7.30 pm
Academy of Ancient Music
‘Prodigious minds’: Early Masterpieces
by Schubert and Mendelssohn
Giuliano Carmignola director and violin
Italian violin virtuoso Giuliano Carmignola directs works composed within a seven-year period by two of the Romantic era’s most prodigious musical minds. Recently hailed as ‘a superb period instrument band’ (New York Times), the Academy of Ancient Music is a household name, renowned world-wide for its energized, passionate performances of baroque and classical music. Since its foundation by Christopher Hogwood in 1973, the AAM has reached music lovers on a global stage with over 250 recordings and live performances on every continent except Antarctica.
Mendelssohn Symphony No.10 in B minor for strings
Mendelssohn Concerto in D minor for violin
Schubert Rondo in A for violin, D.438
Mendelssohn Symphony No.9 in C for strings
Tickets: £12, £9 concessions, £6 Friends, £3 students