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Classical Season 2011/2012
Welcome to the 2011—12 Classical season.
There’s something to interest everyone, whether you’re trying a classical concert for the first time or you’ve been coming for years.
There is a neat symmetry to the new season, beginning and ending with The Hallé playing two Beethoven Fifths. There is also a trio of Shostakovich concertos, one each for cello, violin and piano, in addition to symphonies by Mozart, Tchaikovsky, Dvoràk and Vaughan Williams.
We welcome back the Russian State Philharmonic Orchestra and the European Union Chamber Orchestra. Soloists include cellist Julian Lloyd Webber, pianists John Lill and Martin Roscoe and violinist Natalia Lomeiko.
Events outside the subscription series include two Raymond Gubbay concerts in November and Invocation - an exciting performance by sinfonia ViVA and Déda which is part of the Countdown Event for the London 2012 Festival, the finale of the Cultural Olympiad, featuring Stravinsky’s dazzling masterpiece The Rite of Spring. Special ticket offers for these concerts are available to season subscribers.
Which concerts should I go for?
We hope you’ll want to come to them all, whether part of the main subscription package or one of our other concerts or events! Have a glance through the highlights below and see what appeals...
If you’re new to classical music and want to get acquainted with the more familiar repertoire first, then try Beethoven’s 5th Piano Concerto (21 Oct), Mozart’s Symphony No 38 (24 Jan), Handel’s Water Music (11 Apr) or try Last Night of the Autumn Proms (13 Nov).
If you want to explore that bit further, try Dvoràk’s 8th Symphony (21 Oct), Britten’s Serenade and Vaughan Williams’ 5th Symphony (23 Apr), or any of the three Shostakovich concertos (24 Jan, 16 Feb and 30 May).
For more adventurous listening, head for sinfonia ViVA and Dèda’s dance collaboration for Invocation, with music by Tunde Jegede and Stravinsky’s Rite of Spring (3 Mar).
Whatever you decide to go for, you’re sure to find something to intrigue and delight you!
Talking Music
Free to all ticket holders. Enhance your concert experience with the ever-popular series of ‘Talking Music’, which allows the audience the opportunity to interact with conductors, soloists or members of the orchestra. Before each concert at 6.30pm.
Encore Music
Following the concert there will be an encore performance in the foyer, featuring either musicians from the evening’s orchestra, or talented local musicians, playing in an informal setting, with bars remaining open throughout.
Subscribe and save up to 30%
Save up to 30% off the price of your tickets by becoming a full or half season subscriber.
On sale details
The 2011/12 Classical season is now on sale.
- The Halle - Fri 21 Oct
- sinfonia ViVA - Tue 24 Jan
- Russian State Philharmonic Orchestra - Thu 16 Feb
- European Union Chamber Orchestra - Thu 12 Apr
- sinfonia ViVA - Mon 23 Apr
- The Halle - Wed 30 May
- The Last Night of the Proms - Sat 10 Sep
- The Four Seasons by Candlelight - Fri 11 Nov
- Last Night of the Autumn Proms - Sun 13 Nov
- sinfonia ViVA: Residency - Instrumental Project
- sinfonia ViVA: Invocation - Music Nation Weekend
- sinfonia ViVA: Residency - Instrumental & Singing Project
Concert Programmes
You can download concert programmes from here in advance of the concert, for free.
Derby LIVE's Classical season presented in association with Orchestras Live.
