Join Sheffield Chamber Orchestra for their summer concert.
They'll open in 1670 with Molière’s Le Bourgeois Gentilhomme, the music for which was composed by Jean Baptiste Lully. French Baroque music at its very best. This is followed by Saint-Saëns's Cello Concerto which many – composers and cellists alike – consider the greatest of all cello concertos. The soloist is local up and coming cellist James Hindle, who is studying at the Royal Academy of Music.
After the interval comes Ravel's dreamy and evocative Pavane pour une infante defunte, which he described as something “a little princess might have danced at the Spanish court." Finally, the concluding piece is Francis Poulenc's Sinfonietta – light and easy on the ear and full of dance rhythms.
This year's title, Accent on Youth, applies not only to the young soloist but also to guest conductor John Lyon, who is based in Sheffield and is the principal conductor for the Leeds Symphony Orchestra.