Birmingham Symphony Orchestra at Theatre Royal & Royal Concert Hall

Date: Wed 2nd Mar
Time: 19:30

Carlos Kalmar conductor
Stephen Osborne piano

Adams The Chairman Dances
Bernstein Symphonic Dances from West Side Story
De Falla Nights in the Gardens of Spain
Gershwin An American in Paris

The CBSO puts on its dancing shoes for this vibrant evening of music from America and Spain. John Adams’ seductive ‘out-take’ from his opera Nixon in China, imagines Chairman Mao foxtrotting with his wife in a surreal dream sequence. Leonard Bernstein fused several famous numbers from West Side Story in his Symphonic Dances and the result is a floor-scorching mix of young love and hot-headed rivalry.

British pianist Stephen Osborne conjures visions of sultry Spanish evenings in Manuel de Falla’s impressionistic concerto, filled with the scent of jasmine and the rhythms of gypsy dancing. In Gershwin’s An American in Paris it’s the sound of city life, complete with car horns, that provides the backdrop for his young hero. As you’d expect from America’s greatest songwriter it’s full of infectious jazz rhythms and wonderful tunes, none better than the bluesy trumpet that lights up the Parisian night.


Free pre-concert talk, 6.30pm in the auditorium:
Carlos Kalmar in conversation with CBSO Chief Executive Stephen Maddock

Theatre Royal & Royal Concert Hall

Theatre Square
Nottingham
Nottinghamshire
NG1 5ND

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