Turning tips into memories

Get started Login
  • Home
  • Going Out
    • Things to do
    • Food & Drink
    • Theatre
    • Visual Arts
    • Cinema
    • Kids
    • Festival
    • Gigs
    • Dance
    • Classical Music
    • Opera
    • Immersive
    • Talks
  • Staying In
    • TV
    • Books
    • Cook
    • Podcast
    • Design
    • Netflix
  • Life & Style
    • Beauty
    • Fashion
    • Gifting
    • Wellbeing
    • Lifestyle
    • Shopping
    • Jewellery
  • Explore
  • Kids
  • Benefits
  • Membership
  • Get Started
  • Membership
  • Benefits
Get the Best of London Life, Culture and Style
By entering my email I agree to the CultureWhisper Privacy Policy (we won`t share data & you can unsubscribe anytime).
Things to do

Zurich International Orchestra Series, Cadogan Hall

By Claudia Pritchard on 6/9/2016

London's large-scale venues are not the only place to see world-class artists

Angela Hewitt is the soloist in Beethoven's Piano Concerto No 4 at Cadogan Hall on 26 February 2017. Photograph: Bernd Eberle
Angela Hewitt is the soloist in Beethoven's Piano Concerto No 4 at Cadogan Hall on 26 February 2017. Photograph: Bernd Eberle
It is tempting to head for the Barbican, Royal Albert Hall or Southbank Centre in search of orchestral music, but London's mid-scale venues often host the same top-name artists, and a seat at a venue such as Milton Court, Wigmore Hall or the Cadogan Hall off Sloane Square gets music-lovers up close and personal with the musicians and the music,

At Cadogan Hall, the 10th Zurich International Orchestra Series offers16 concerts over nine months, and the rollcall of performers reads like a Who's Who of classical music today.

To kick off the series, the Mariinsky Orchestra play the complete Prokofiev symphonies, conducted by Valery Gergiev (26 to 28 Sept), and they are swiftly followed by the Brussels Philharmonic under Stéphane Denève (29 Sept), with music including Beethoven's Pastoral Symphony No 6.

Craig Ogden is the guitar soloist in Rodrigo's sultry Concierto de Aranjuez (4 Oct), when the Spanish Symphony Orchestra also plays Mendelssohn's Italian Symphony No 4.

Other highlights include a performance by Natalie Clein of Dvorak's Cello Concerto (9 Nov). Libor Pešek conducts the Czech National Symphony Orchestra in a programme that ends with the composer's Symphony No 8.

Alison Balsom is the soloist in both Hummel's Trumpet Concerto and Shostakovich's Concerto for Piano and Trumpet, with the Zurich Chamber Orchestra (28 Nov), which also plays Mozart's Symphony No 33.

Elgar's Cello Concerto is played by Truls Mørk (20 Jan), when Edward Gardner, formerly at English National Opera, conducts his new orchestra, the Bergen Philharmonic, in the Peer Gynt Suite No 1 and Bartók's colourful Concerto for Orchestra.

Angela Hewitt is the soloist in Beethoven's Piano Concerto No 4 with the distinguished Vienna Tonkünstler (26 Feb), which also plays Mozart's invigorating overture to The Marriage of Figaro, and Dvorak's Symphony No 9 (From the New World). The Viennese musicians' residency continues with music by Mendelssohn, Alexander Sitkovetsky the soloist in the ever-popular Violin Concerto (28 Feb), and an unmissable programme featuring Emma Johnson as the soloist in Mozart's lyrical Clarinet Concerto, Schubert's Unfinished Symphony and Brahms's Symphony No 1.

The superb Norwegian pianist Leif Ove Andsnes plays two piano concertos by Mozart when the Norwegian Chamber Orchestra visits (17 Mar), and the programme also includes Prokofiev's Classical Symphony and Grieg's Holberg Suite.

The series concludes with the Moscow Philharmonic Orchestra in another all-Russian programme: Tchaikovsky's Suite from Swan Lake, Rachmaninov's intensely romantic Piano Concerto No 2 with Freddy Kempt as soloist, and Shostakovich's great Symphony No 6.

Comfortable, easy to reach and with excellent sightlines, the Cadogan Hall is a venue to keep on the music-lover's radar, and the Zurich International Concert Series is packed with stars.

Click here for more details of the concert series and for booking.
Share:

Cadogan Hall

Angela Hewitt

Valery Gergiev



You may also like:
  • Celebrating the birth of Prokofiev: Valery Gergiev and the Mariinsky Orchestra

    Complete Prokofiev Symphonies, Cadogan Hall

  • Copyright: Adriano Heitmann / Immagina

    St Petersburg Philharmonic, Royal Festival Hall

  • Daniele Gatti

    Royal Concertgebouw Residency, Barbican Centre

  • Alan Gilbert. Photo: Chris Lee

    New York Philharmonic Residency, Barbican Centre

  • Photo © Thomas Rabsch

    Simon Rattle and Lang Lang, Barbican Centre

Your update on what’s on in London from theatre to visual arts, from fashion to pop-ups and more…
minimum six characters
 
SUBSCRIBE TO OUR NEWSLETTER
Your update on what’s on in London from theatre to visual arts, from fashion to pop-ups and more…
You have successfully subscribed to our newsletter. Stay tuned! (And check your email).


  • The Culture Whisper team
  • What is Culture Whisper membership
  • Corporate membership
  • Give a gift membership
  • Retrieve a gift membership
  • Contact us
  • Press
  • FAQ
  • Privacy
  • Terms and conditions
  • Cookies
  • Discover
  • Venues
  • Restaurants
  • Stations
  • Boroughs
✕ ✕
Turning tips into memories
Login
Signup

You have reached the limit of free articles.


To enjoy unlimited access to Culture Whisper sign up for FREE.
Find out more about Culture Whisper


Sign up by Email or Facebook.

Please fix the following input errors:

  • dummy

Each week, we sent newsletters and communication featuring articles, our latest tickets invitations, and exclusive offers.

Occasional information about discounts, special offers and promotions.


OR
LOG IN

OR
  • LOG IN WITH FACEBOOK

Thanks for signing up to Culture Whisper.
Please check your inbox for a confirmation email and click the link to verify your account.



EXPLORE CULTURE WHISPER
✕ ✕
Turning tips into memories
Login
Signup

Please fix the following input errors:

  • dummy
Forgot your username or password?
Don't have an account? Sign Up

OR
  • LOG IN WITH FACEBOOK

If you click «Log in with Facebook» and are not a Culture Whisper user, you agree to our Terms & Conditions and to our Privacy Policy, which includes our Cookie Use

Sign up to CW’s newsletter
By entering my email I agree to the CultureWhisper Privacy Policy (we won`t share data & you can unsubscribe anytime).
×