The National Symphony Orchestra, in association with Music for Galway, makes a welcome return to Leisureland tonight Thursday 27 February for a 7.30pm performance taking place as part of the orchestra’s 2024-2025 season.
With the ‘impeccable’ (Bachtrack ) Alexander Shelley conducting, the orchestra will perform two major works by Brahms and Schumann: Brahms’ only Violin Concerto and Schumann’s Rhenish Symphony.
Brahms’s Violin Concerto, brimming over with soaring passions and a romantic spirit, is one of the crowning works of the violin repertoire with a glorious melody at its heart. It will be performed by the ‘absolutely stunning’ (Chicago Tribune ) Simone Lamsma, respected by critics, peers and audiences as one of today’s most striking musical personalities.
Schumann’s Rhenish Symphony pays glorious tribute to the landscape and legends that surround the mighty Rhine River and culminates in the magisterial solemnity of a mass celebrated in Cologne’s twin-spired medieval cathedral. It is Schumann at his most playful, poetic and profound.
‘A natural communicator, both on and off the podium’ (Daily Telegraph ), Alexander Shelley performs across six continents with the world’s finest orchestras and soloists. With a conducting technique described as ‘immaculate’ (Yorkshire Post ) and with a ‘precision, distinction and beauty of gesture not seen since Lorin Maazel’ (Le Devoir ), Alexander is known for the clarity and integrity of his interpretations, and for the creativity and vision of his programming.
Dutch violinist Simone Lamsma is respected by critics, peers and audiences as one of today’s most striking musical personalities.
Tickets for Leisureland are from €27 with €15 Social Inclusion Tickets also available to full time students, asylum seekers, people in receipt of job seeker allowance and disability allowance. See musicforgalway.ie for further information.
