7th May, 7.30pm, Queen Elizabeth Hall, Southbank Centre

RAVEL, COUPERIN AND BEETHOVEN

Jennifer Pike Violin
William Kunhardt Conductor
Matthew Sharp Actor
Simon Gethin Thomas Lighting Designer

Ravel Le Tombeau de Couperin

Couperin Excerpts from Les Concerts Royaux

Beethoven Violin Concerto in D Major

This concert is dedicated to the memory of Leopold de Rothschild, in thanks for his support of the ACO over the last three years

Join the Arensky Chamber Orchestra on May 7th as the ensemble brings its trademark innovative approach to an evening of Ravel, Couperin and Beethoven at Queen Elizabeth Hall. Young lighting designer Simon Gethin Thomas will collaborate with the orchestra to create a performance of Le Tombeau de Couperin that bridges the centuries between Ravel's suite and French Baroque era that inspired it, with selections from Couperin’s Concerts Royaux interlaced between the movements of Le Tombeau.

The ACO are then joined by star British violinist, Jennifer Pike, for Beethoven's great Violin Concerto. Cellist, actor and baritone extraordinaire Matthew Sharp will set the scene for the performance with excerpts from Beethoven's Heiligenstadt Testament – a poignant confession of his struggles with deafness and his determination to fulfil his artistic destiny.

30th June, 1.30pm, Canary Wharf Wintergarden

PIAZZOLLA: FOUR SEASONS OF BUENOS AIRES

Thomas Gould violin/director
TM Voss Choreography

Piazzolla Four Seasons of Buenos Aires

19 May 7.30pm, Cadogan Hall

REVOLUTIONARIES OF VIENNA: MOZART

Andrew Haveron violin
Andriy Viytovych viola
William Kunhardt conductor

Mozart Sinfonia Concertante
Mozart Symphony No. 41, 'Jupiter'

21 April 7.30pm, Cadogan Hall

REVOLUTIONARIES OF VIENNA: HAYDN

Philip Higham cello

Haydn Symphony no.6 "Le Matin"
Haydn Cello Concerto in C major
Haydn Symphony no.8 "Le Soir"

6 April 2012 7.30pm, Cadogan Hall

REVOLUTIONARIES OF VIENNA: BEETHOVEN

William Kunhardt conductor
Benjamin Grosvenor piano

Beethoven Piano Concerto no.3
Beethoven Symphony no.3 "Eroica"

10 November 2011 7.30pm, Cadogan Hall

SEASON FINALE

Conductor: William Kunhardt
Piano: Melvyn Tan

Stravinsky: Pulcinella Suite
Wagner: Siegfried Idyll
Ravel: Piano Concerto in G

8 July 2011 7.00pm, Cadogan Hall

TRANSFIGURED NIGHT

Guest Director: Stephanie Gonley

Schoenberg: Verklärte Nacht

17 March 2011 7.30pm, Cadogan Hall

musical portraits

Guest Director: Clio Gould

Rautavaara: The Fiddlers
Grieg: Holberg Suite
Vivaldi: Concerto for Violin Il Grosso Mogul
Schnelzer: Emperor Akbar

15 January 2011 7.30pm, Cadogan Hall

From Venice to Buenos Aires: The Eight Seasons

Guest Director: Andrew Haveron

Antonio Vivaldi: The Four Seasons
Ástor Piazzolla: The Four Seasons of Buenos Aires

16 September 2011 7.30pm, Institute of Directors

Launch Concert: The Eight Seasons

Guest Director: Andrew Haveron

Antonio Vivaldi: The Four Seasons
Ástor Piazzolla: The Four Seasons of Buenos Aires

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