National Symphony Orchestra
Thursday, February 27, 2025 at 7:30 pm
Leisureland
National Symphony Orchestra
Alexander Shelley, conductor
Simone Lamsma, violin
| BRAHMS | Violin Concerto |
| SCHUMANN | Symphony No. 3, Rhenish |
Hear the soul-bearing Violin Concerto by Brahms and Schumann’s simmering, slow-burning Rhenish Symphony brought to life by the National Symphony Orchestra and violinist Simone Lamsma, under the baton of Alexander Shelley.
Did you know?
Brahms’s only Violin Concerto was originally composed for the great virtuoso Joseph Joachim. Schumann was an early champion of Brahms, the two enjoying a close friendship until Schumann’s early death. Schumann’s last symphony, the Rhenish, was inspired by a trip to the Rhineland. His ‘Fourth’ Symphony was composed much earlier and only numbered so because a substantial revision came after his Third.
Listen out for…
The dramatic entry of the violin in Brahms’s concerto and the twin themes that follow: one warm and expansive, the other a yearning melody. The tranquil oboe melody, filtered and framed by winds, in the middle movement Adagio. The gradually slowing tempo of the first four movements of the Rhenish before the last bursts into a brilliantly exuberant display. Its various impressions of the Rhineland, including the second movement sunrise above rolling countryside, and the awed grandeur of the fourth movement depicting Cologne Cathedral.
PRESENTED IN ASSOCIATION WITH THE NATIONAL SYMPHONY ORCHESTRA
Social Inclusion Tickets €15.00:
Includes full time students, asylum seekers, people in receipt of job seeker allowance and disability allowance. Social Inclusion refers to ticket price only and does not denote a relaxed performance.
These tickets can be purchased at the door or over the phone (091 705962) and collected at the door with proof of relevant status.
Please note that tickets are non-refundable.
